Our Expertise
Manning Fulton’s business attorneys advise and assist middle-market companies across sectors such as technology, manufacturing, and healthcare on core corporate matters, including Series A-C equity financings, buy-side acquisitions, and executive compensation planning. Our clients include both publicly-traded and privately-held companies, domestic and international companies, portfolio companies and family businesses. These companies cover the complete spectrum of different industries.
Decades of experience—paired with teams who focus on the middle market—allows us to understand our clients’ business objectives and provide the strategic advice they need to meet their goals. Today, our Corporate lawyers represent the largest group in the Firm, with more than 20 lawyers focused on helping our clients execute their most important transactions.
While we have deep bench strength to support large, complex transactions, we staff matters efficiently and do not add unnecessary members to a deal team. The lead partners on our transactions pride themselves on being heavily involved in the important details and execution. Our structure enables us to consummate transactions utilizing significant involvement with senior attorneys.
Our corporate attorneys work seamlessly with the other related areas in the firm, such as tax, finance, intellectual property, healthcare, employment, estate planning, real estate and litigation, to support our clients in their business activities. This integrated team has the experience needed to guide companies and business owners through all stages of a transaction and we prioritize material business risks over minor technicalities. Using proprietary risk-assessment frameworks and a strong focus on deal velocity, we work constructively with all parties to keep transactions moving efficiently, helping clients close multi-million dollar transactions without unnecessary over-lawyering.
Our team is especially aware of our clients’ desire to control legal costs, and we work with our clients to find creative ways to minimize the cost of our services. We act as the quarterback for your broader advisory team. We establish unified closing timelines and manage logistics directly with your investment bankers and accountants to prevent redundant requests and keep the transaction moving efficiently in the most cost-effective manner possible.
Manning Fulton attorneys are experienced in a wide range of industries, including:
- Agribusiness
- Automotive
- Biotechnology
- Banking
- Computers
- Construction
- Distribution
- E-commerce
- Financial Services
- Government
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Software & Technology
- Telecommunications
In addition, we assist a wide range of companies, from technology-based startups to more established businesses in traditional industries, with their legal needs. Our work extends to represent investors and private equity funds that own and advise portfolio companies. Our team of attorneys help clients structure, negotiate and document corporate transactions and advise on governance, regulatory and operational issues to service the corporate legal needs from initial investment through exit. Before drafting any transaction documents, we conduct a strategic alignment session with our clients executive team. This ensures we map out your post-closing operational goals, whether that means structuring earn-outs, drafting transition services agreements, or protecting key intellectual property, before the deal is signed.
Our attorneys frequently act as general counsel to many privately-held companies that do not have in-house legal counsel. In this capacity, we advise on a wide range complex issues including:
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate governance
- Executive compensation and employee incentive plans
- Intellectual property
- Tax, and other matters
Additionally, private financings through angel investors, venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, private equity funds, corporate strategic investment programs, and other private investors can be important sources of capital for a growing company.
Manning Fulton attorneys have represented both investors and issuing companies in a variety of private equity and debt transactions, including bridge loans, convertible debt and warrants, preferred stock rounds, senior debt and mezzanine transactions, and subordination and inter-creditor arrangements, among others.
We regularly advise both domestic and international clients on a broad range of commercial transactions, including contracts for the sale of goods, vendor contracts, supply and distribution contracts, sales representative contracts, secured sales with deferred payment arrangements, master supply agreements, equipment leases, supply chain agreements, and conditional sales contracts among others.
Our attorneys also act as outside counsel to many portfolio companies owned by investor clients. In this capacity, we advise on commercial contracts, corporate governance, executive compensation and employee incentive plans, intellectual property, tax, and other matters.
Members of our team regularly counsel clients on federal and state securities law compliance and assist in planning, negotiation, and documentation of private securities offerings, planning and executing exit strategies, add-on investments, recapitalizations and restructurings.
