Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Sills Cummis & Gross mergers and acquisitions lawyers consistently lead transactions for a variety of companies, financial institutions and private equity firms across a wide range of industries. Our M&A attorneys have broad experience in public and private M&A alike and focus on complex, multifaceted transactions. Our clients receive personal attention of sophisticated M&A partners and ready access to tax, real estate, intellectual property, environmental law, litigation risk management and other disciplines required to deliver efficient and high quality legal service. Moreover, our Firm’s association with ALFA International gives Sills Cummis & Gross exceptional cross-border capabilities, as well as local law capacity in key markets.

Representative Matters

• Representation of a multi-national automotive conglomerate in the acquisition of the stock of a competitor's automotive manufacturing facility in South America, including the facilities, manufacturing unit, production lines and license to produce gasoline and flex fuel engines. The target was a Brazilian company and a subsidiary of one of the Big 3 US auto companies, its ultimate parent company was a major US Private Equity Firm and the purchaser (our client) was an European company. The value of the deal was approximately $127 Million.
• Representation of a seller in a $77 million sale of a private New Jersey based business to a subsidiary of a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company. We also represented certain principals of the seller and their affiliates in connection with numerous material agreements.
• Representation of a private New York-based social network company in a reverse acquisition of a publically traded company where the equity holders of the social network company now have a controlling interest in the public company. The transaction also involved an additional capital raise through a PIPE.
• Representation of a Connecticut-based biotechnology company in connection with its execution of a Collaboration and License Agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of a NYSE listed biopharmaceutical company based in the United Kingdom that contemplated research, development and commercialization of biologics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
• Representation of the selling stockholders of a New Jersey based company to a private equity-backed purchaser. The target company is a provider of services to health care providers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Representation of a Canadian-based manufacturer and importer of women's apparel in a transaction involving the repurchase by the founders of a majority interest in the company from its private equity investors. The transaction also involved the renegotiation and revision of the company's financing facility with its bank lending group and its factor.
• Representation of the selling stockholders of a New Jersey-based provider of investment management technology solutions for trust groups of financial institutions to a NASDAQ listed broker-dealer.

Creating and maintaining a diverse workplace is of paramount importance to Sills Cummis & Gross. The Firm has always been an advocate of minority hiring practices and is involved in a number of minority hiring, retention and diversity initiatives. The Firm’s Diversity Committee and Women’s Group focus on initiatives to enhance the culture of Sills Cummis & Gross and the quality of service to the Firm’s clients. Sills Cummis & Gross also encourages its attorneys to actively participate in minority bar associations and local and national women’s groups. 

The Sills Cummis & Gross Diversity Committee provides an avenue to continue to promote diversity within the Firm as well as within the legal community at large. The Committee hosts events aimed at increasing the dialog on diversity and providing insights and advice from experienced diverse attorneys. The Committee also provides a mentor to each diverse attorney entering the Firm, in addition to the Firm’s other mentoring programs. The Firm’s minority hiring, retention and diversity initiatives include participation in the New Jersey Law Firm Group, the Rutgers Law School Minority Student Program, and the New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project. 

The Sills Cummis & Gross Women’s Group is dedicated to promoting the professional and personal growth of women attorneys. Recognizing that women face unique challenges, the Women’s Group provides a forum for meaningful discussion and learning. The Group seeks to provide mentoring for our women attorneys, positioning them to lead us into the future at our Firm and in our communities. The Group sponsors both internal programs as well as programs which includes attorneys from outside the Firm. The Firm is a supporter of the National Association of Women Lawyers and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association.