Law Firm Business Transactions

Rivkin Radler Partner Stella Lellos, Doug Menikheim, counsel to Rivkin Radler, and Associate Samantha Barbere represented Tigre USA, Inc. in a major acquisition. The U.S. subsidiary of a Tigre Group – a Brazil-based multinational company supplying plumbing, HVAC and irrigation products – acquired Dura Plastic Products, Inc. a manufacturer and distributor of molded plastic products for the plumbing, pool and spa markets and its two affiliates on April 8, 2021. The deal closed in only… Continue Reading

The national publication Bond Buyer named Buffalo Sewer Authority, a Barclay Damon client, as the winner of the Bond Buyer 2021 Deal of the Year Award in the Small Issuer Financing category, and now the firm’s client has scored a second honor for the same deal. It has been named Green Bond of the Year—US Muni Bond by Environmental Finance. Barclay Damon represented Buffalo Sewer Authority in the award-winning $49.2 million issuance of sewer system… Continue Reading

Barclay Damon partner David Luzon was successful in assisting client Eastern Niagara Hospital with a charitable fund whose purpose was restricted by the donor and could no longer be fulfilled. Luzon worked with the client and negotiated with the assistant attorney general in charge of charities in Western New York to change the use of the fund and lift the investment restrictions. The client identified a different organization, Niagara County Community College Foundation, that is… Continue Reading

William Cornachio and Michael Twersky of Rivkin Radler closed on a $50 million CMBS loan received from Citi Real Estate Funding on behalf of the firm’s client. The loan is secured by mortgages on 19 multi-family residential properties located in Brooklyn Heights, Columbia Heights and the Upper West Side, all bearing New York City landmark status. Matthew Spero and Stuart Gordon prepared the required substantive non-consolidation (bankruptcy) opinion, and Evan Rabinowitz handled title examination. Continue Reading

Hinckley Allen represented its long-time client, Brinker Capital, a registered investment adviser, and its affiliated broker-dealer, in their sale to a new investment partnership controlled by funds affiliated with Genstar Capital Partners, a California-based private equity firm, and TA Associates Management, a Boston-based firm. The sale was consummated contemporaneously with the investment partnership’s acquisition of another financial services company, Orion Advisor Solutions, and its affiliates. The merger represents a significant moment for the financial services… Continue Reading

Louisville, Kentucky-based ScionHealth has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dallas-based Cornerstone Healthcare Group, an organization with 16 locations of specialty hospitals, senior living facilities, and a behavioral health facility. Flaherty attorney Bob Coffield is managing certificate of need and regulatory approvals for their Huntington, West Virginia, location. The deal is expected to be completed in the second half of this year. Read more here. Continue Reading

In the spring of 2021, the affiliated owners and operators of healthcare facilities based in the southeast completed a sale of assets in a transaction valued in excess of $750 million. Poyner Spruill LLP was lead counsel to sellers in the transaction. Poyner Spruill LLP’s team was led by partner Dave Krosner and included associates Chris Dwight and Frank Pray on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) matters; partners Sam Johnson and  Stephanie Sanders for real estate;… Continue Reading