Lewis & May provides strategic advice, general corporate counselling, and regulatory assistance for businesses in all stages of development. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the formation and financing of new ventures, including companies pioneering innovative technologies, as well as in the creation and operation of joint ventures and other corporate partnership efforts. We handle all types of mergers and acquisitions, possessing a deep understanding of the business trends and transactions in the technology and life sciences worlds.

Our Expertise in Corporate Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions

• Full-Spectrum Financing: We guide clients through all stages and types of public and private financings, from early seed and angel funding through to later-stage financing and public offerings, leveraging our relationships with leading investors.
• Complex Transaction Management: Our team represents participants throughout the world in transactions involving the acquisition or sale of business enterprises, including negotiated and hostile tender offers, leveraged buyouts, and going-private transactions.
• Integrated Legal Knowledge: We work together to solve the complex issues raised in business combination transactions, including those relating to intellectual property, tax, labour, employee benefits, real estate, and environmental law.