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Merger and Acquisition
Witherspoon Kelley's Merger and Acquisition lawyers serve as outside general counsel for many of our clients, and regularly serve as lead or special counsel on public and private company mergers and acquisitions. From the beginning of 2006 through the second calendar quarter of 2009, Witherspoon Kelley served as lead counsel to acquiring or selling companies in merger and acquisition transactions valued at over $500 million.
Witherspoon Kelley has deep expertise in this practice area. For example, recent representative merger and acquisition transactions include:
- Representation of Sterling Financial Corporation in 19 acquisition transactions, including, most recently:
- Sterling’s acquisition of Klamath First Bancorp, Inc.
- Sterling's acquisition of Golf Savings Bank
- Sterling's acquisition of FirstBank Northwest
- Sterling's acquisition of Sonoma National Bank
- Representation of Empire Health Services in its acquisition by Community Health Systems
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