Corporate

Practice Areas

Clients routinely call upon Munger, Tolles & Olson’s corporate attorneys to structure their most important business transactions and to tackle their most challenging and complex legal dilemmas. We offer the full range of services and resources that you would expect from a law firm of our prestige and caliber, combined with the responsiveness and value typically unique to a corporate boutique. These advantages enable us to attract and retain highly valued clients with highly sophisticated legal demands.

It’s why Berkshire Hathaway tapped MTO to create the first-ever security with a negative interest rate; why Oaktree Capital asked us to navigate its initial foray into the gaming business; and why Warren Buffett chose MTO to structure his $36 billion donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charitable gift in history.

Handling one-of-a-kind deals like these, while practicing in a boutique environment, enables MTO to provide our clients with particularly thoughtful and informed advice. Our corporate attorneys understand that no transaction happens in isolation. From the most senior partner to the most junior associate, our attorneys practice across a variety of disciplines, providing clients with a broad range of experience, thoughtful solutions and strategic counseling.

Spotlight

Going Extra Innings

In March 2007, Michael Eisner’s company, The Tornante Company, and Madison Dearborn Partners entered into an agreement to acquire The Topps Company for approximately $400 million.  From start to finish, this transaction had spectators on the edges of their seats.

With a divided board of directors and a rival bid from one of Topps’ key competitors, the deal included a contentious proxy contest, a hostile tender offer, and a courtroom battle on the validity of “go shop” and standstill provisions in M&A contracts.  At the end of it all, Michael Eisner and Madison Dearborn were able to squeak out a victory, with Topps’ shareholders narrowly approving the deal.