The Legal 500 United States has included Robinson+Cole in its 2016 rankings in the category M&A: Middle Market (sub-$500m). This is the fifth consecutive year the firm has earned this national ranking. Published for more than 25 years, The Legal 500 series provides comprehensive worldwide coverage of legal services providers in over 100 countries.
Robinson+Cole’s Business Transactions Group earned the recognition for its transactions in industries ranging from media and technology to manufacturing. Noteworthy matters included representing Nielsen Holdings N.V., a global provider of information and analytics, in connection with the sale of its Nielsen National Research Group, Inc.; Corporate Translations, Inc., a life sciences translation and linguistic validation provider, in connection with its acquisition by RWS Holdings; and Talon Innovations Corporation, a portfolio company of Graycliff Partners LP, in connection with the acquisition of Vulcan Media, Inc.
The following is an excerpt from The Legal 500 editorial:
“Robinson & Cole LLP’s clients range from technology startups to multinational corporations, and a significant part of the firm’s transactional work is cross-border. Stamford-based Eric Kogan chairs the business transactions group and has significant experience working with emerging, middle-market and multinational clients in the digital media, consumer products, food and beverage, and technology sectors. Stephen Cooper’s experience includes advising an e-commerce business on the sale of a majority interest to a private equity investor. Other key partners include Matthew Guanci Jr, Edward Samorajczyk, international practice chair William Sellay in Hartford, Michael Wirvin in Boston, and Stephen Hanson in New York.”
“We are honored to once again be included in the Legal 500 US rankings,” said Eric M. Kogan, chair of Robinson+Cole’s Business Transactions Group. “Our group comprises experienced lawyers committed to delivering creative and goal-oriented solutions for our clients. Achieving this distinction demonstrates not only that our value proposition resonates in the market place but also that, through our New York to Boston platform, we have developed and sustained a truly national M&A and private equity practice.”
Information about The Legal 500 ranking process can be read here.
Robinson+Cole’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices
Robinson+Cole’s corporate lawyers guide our sophisticated clients, ranging from technology start-ups to private equity funds to multinational corporations, across a full range of complex transactions. Our deep industry knowledge includes sectors as diverse as software, technology, media, consumer and branded products, apparel, financial services, and health care.
Our Business Transactions Group regularly handles mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures for public and private companies. Our Private Equity Group advises middle- and lower middle-market buyout funds, growth equity funds, mezzanine funds, and venture capital funds, and their respective portfolio companies, principals, sponsors, and investors, in connection with the development and execution of investment and exit strategies and the creation of value through acquisitions, divestitures, and innovative financing techniques.
About Robinson+Cole
Robinson+Cole is a service mark of Robinson & Cole LLP, an Am Law 200 firm with 200 lawyers in nine offices serving regional, national, and international clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Since 1845, Robinson & Cole LLP has grown to meet the changing needs of clients. The firm represents investors, corporate, governmental, and nonprofit entities, as well as individual clients, in a wide range of matters, including corporate; business and insurance litigation; tax and tax-exempt; finance; public finance; land use, environmental and utilities, and real estate; health law; labor, employment, and benefits; intellectual property and technology; and government relations. For more information, please visit www.rc.com.
