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Overview
Dilworth Paxson’s Corporate and Business Department lawyers regularly engage in advising a wide variety of businesses on matters including:
- Business governance
- Business planning for closely-held businesses
- Financing transactions
- Joint ventures
- Mergers and acquisitions/business combinations
- Stock options
- Recapitalization
- Business formation and dissolution
- Venture capital projects
- Executive employment agreements
- Executive compensation issues
- Other business and commercial transactions
The firm’s corporate and business practices range from structuring and carrying out complex and sophisticated transactions, both domestic and international, to providing daily guidance to our clients on matters involving business governance, commercial dealings, regulatory issues, and business relationships. Our clients include publicly- and privately-held companies, family-owned businesses, and entrepreneurs and investors. Our lawyers seek to develop close relationships with our clients, enabling them to anticipate problems, offer strategic advice, and help avert troubling problems ahead.
Dilworth Paxson’s Corporate and Business Department strives to provide a complete range of legal services to our business clients by capitalizing on our interdisciplinary resources. In order to reach this goal many of our business lawyers are also involved in other practice areas such as our Banking & Financial Services Group, Bankruptcy & Insolvency Group, White Collar/Corporate Investigations Group, Employee Benefits Group, Intellectual Property Group, Labor & Employment Group, Public Finance Group, Real Estate Group, Securities Group, Tax Group, and Trusts & Estates Group.
Representative Matters
- Handled the acquisition of major Philadelphia daily newspapers.
- Represented a publicly-held bank in reorganizing into a bank holding company and concurrent stock and cash merger with another publicly-held bank holding company.
- Represented selling shareholders in the sale of a customs broker to a private equity portfolio company.
- Represented a private company in a stock and cash merger that created the largest association of independent truck leasing companies in the United States and Canada.
- Represented stockholders of a fitness company in the recapitalization and partial sale to a private equity fund.
- Represented the buyer of the assets of a window and door manufacturing business from a major private equity firm.
- Representation of the controlling shareholders of Erie Indemnity Company in shareholders derivative claims.
- Represented a Fortune 100 company in the sale of its retail fuel delivery division.
Representative Matters
- Handled the acquisition of major Philadelphia daily newspapers.
- Represented a publicly-held bank in reorganizing into a bank holding company and concurrent stock and cash merger with another publicly-held bank holding company.
- Represented selling shareholders in the sale of a customs broker to a private equity portfolio company.
- Represented a private company in a stock and cash merger that created the largest association of independent truck leasing companies in the United States and Canada.
- Represented stockholders of a fitness company in the recapitalization and partial sale to a private equity fund.
- Represented the buyer of the assets of a window and door manufacturing business from a major private equity firm.
- Representation of the controlling shareholders of Erie Indemnity Company in shareholders derivative claims.
- Represented a Fortune 100 company in the sale of its retail fuel delivery division.
Insights
- Best Lawyers Names Dilworth Paxson Among 2025 Best Law Firms
- Roger W. Richards to Head Dilworth Paxson’s Western Pennsylvania Practice
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- 24 Attorneys Named Among the Best Lawyers in America
- Dilworth Adds New Litigation Associate Danielle Karcich
- Dilworth Named in 2022 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
- 6 Dilworth Attorneys Named to Chambers 2021
- Corporations With Government Contracts Should Have Notice If Records Are Sought
- Dilworth Adds Corporate Attorney Kenneth Rich
- 21 Dilworth Attorneys Selected as PA & NJ Super Lawyers
- Partner Linda Dale Hoffa to Present WebEx Seminar with Women’s White Collar Defense Association
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- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Denies Uniformity Challenges to Tax Appeals based on a Monetary Threshold
- SEC Proposes Amendments to the “Accredited Investor” Definition
- Dilworth Paxson Represents Nerd Street Gamers in its Recently Announced Transactions
- Dilworth Adds Banking & Corporate Partner Victoria Reider
- Dilworth Paxson LLP Again Named One of the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
- Sixteen Dilworth Paxson Attorneys Named to 2019 The Best Lawyers in America© List
- Dilworth Paxson Partner Thomas Wyatt to Speak at the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association’s 90th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday, June 5
- Dilworth Paxson Partner Thomas Wyatt will be a Panelist at the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners’ 23rd Annual Education Conference on Tuesday, June 26
- New Partner and Associate Join Dilworth Paxson LLP
- Dilworth Paxson LLP Named One of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2018
- Twelve Dilworth Attorneys Named to 2018 The Best Lawyers in America© List
- The PA PUC Approves First Wastewater Sale Under New Act 12
- Dilworth Paxson LLP Named One of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2017
- Dilworth Attorneys Named 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers And Rising Stars
- Dilworth Paxson LLP Named One of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2016
- Named One of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2015
- Thomas S. Wyatt Joins Dilworth as Partner, Continuing a Year of Exciting Growth in the Corporate and Business Department
