Buying a Family or Other Lower Middle Market Business
Comprehensive legal guidance for business acquisitions
If you're a buyer of a family business of any scale, you may be a P.E. platform or add-on company, a strategic or financial buyer, a fundless sponsor, or, maybe, the comparatively rare independent leader or group having the motivation and ability to pull together the necessary people and funds (including working capital), to close, run and build a business.
What would be the value to you:
Of having, instead of a perhaps narrow–bandwidth partner or senior associate at a large or medium sized firm used to subject– area silos, a Deal Attorney who understands the entirety of the deal landscape, its dynamics, the business/legal interface and the frequent fickleness of Family-Owned and other Company Sellers and their emotions? Of having an experienced business-focused deal counsel who has represented, in deal after deal, all sorts of buyers and sellers? Of having a deal counsel who has, over decades, time and again negotiated business points directly with sellers or buyers (many times without direct involvement of the intermediaries who subsequently received substantial fees) all geared to follow-on documents and negotiations designed to increase the speed and odds of a speedy, successful closing?
If any of these are important to you, my services should be of much use to you.
Buyer Types We Serve
- Private Equity platforms and add-on companies
- Strategic buyers
- Financial buyers
- Fundless sponsors
- Independent leaders and groups
Our Advantage
- • Complete deal landscape understanding
- • Business-legal interface expertise
- • Decades of buyer-seller representation
- • Direct business negotiation experience
- • Speed and closing optimization focus
Why Choose Comprehensive Deal Expertise?
Holistic Understanding
Complete grasp of deal dynamics beyond narrow subject-area silos, covering the entire transaction landscape.
Business-Legal Interface
Expert navigation of the critical intersection between business objectives and legal requirements.
Speed & Success
Proven ability to increase closing speed and success rates through direct negotiation experience.
Proven Experience Across Deal Types
Over decades of practice, Bill Hubbard has represented all types of buyers and sellers, gaining invaluable insights into the motivations, concerns, and decision-making processes of family-owned company sellers and their often complex emotional dynamics.
Direct Negotiation Experience
Extensive experience negotiating business points directly with counterparties, often without intermediary involvement.
Documentation Expertise
Skilled in creating follow-on documents and negotiations designed for optimal closing outcomes.