Mergers and Acquisitions

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For decades, Kutak Rock has been a trusted advisor in M&A transactions. We work to ensure our clients meet their goals and objectives—something we do by making your business our business.

Key Contact(s)

Lisa A. Sarver

Omaha, NE

Victoria "Tori" L. Donovan

Denver, CO

Neil M. Miller

Kansas City, MO

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Kutak Rock’s national Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) team guides clients through complex transactions with clarity and confidence, from initial strategy through closing. Drawing on extensive experience in both buy-side and sell-side representation, we anticipate challenges, keep transactions on track, and build lasting client relationships.

Our attorneys handle all aspects of M&A transactions, including:

Traditional M&A for private and public companies
Stock, equity, and asset-based transactions, including mergers and consolidations
Private equity investments and acquisitions
Joint ventures and strategic alliances
Strategic investments
Roll-ups and consolidation programs
Restructurings and workouts
Venture capital investments
Going-private transactions and privatizations
Leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations
Technology licensing and transfers
Management buyouts
Special committee and independent director representations
Takeover defense planning
Corporate divestitures, including spin-offs, split-offs, and carve-outs
Tender and exchange offers

Kutak Rock is recognized among national law firms for M&A Law in the 2025 Best Law Firms rankings. In addition to other accolades, Kutak Rock was named to the BTI Client Service A-team 2025, an honor based entirely on direct feedback from corporate counsel at leading companies for trusted M&A advice and expertise.

Industry Experience

Our M&A team has deep experience across a broad range of industries, including:

Manufacturing
Technology
Business Services
Professional Services
Other Service Businesses
Healthcare
Real Estate and Construction
Financial Services
Nonprofits

Middle-Market Leadership

Kutak Rock is widely regarded as a leader in middle-market M&A. We represent strategic buyers and sellers, private equity groups and their portfolio companies, entrepreneurs, family offices, founder- and family-owned businesses, boards of directors and their special committees, and financial advisors.

Over the past decade, our team has handled thousands of transactions with values up to $5 billion with average deal size ranging from $35 million to $75 million.

Represented RAIN Group, a U.S. based global sales training company, in its sale to Alchemist, a UK-headquartered learning and development company backed by Horizon Capital that specializes in leadership and management development and sales training.
Represented the Firmament Group, a New York based private equity group, in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in Whitecap Waste Holdings, LLC, one of the leading waste collection service companies in southern West Virginia, from Mollitiam Waste I, LP and Whitecap Waste, LLC.
Represented Circana, a leader in market research, in its acquisition of Golf Datatech,LLC, a market research firm specializing in the golf industry.
Represented Arcane Capital Partners, LLC in its acquisitions of Petroflex North America and Wescon Plastics, both plastics manufacturers.
Represented Greenberg Fruit Company, a produce distribution company, in its asset sale to FreshEdge, a family of fresh food distribution companies backed by Wind Point Partners.
Represented Roger, an industry leader in bulk agriculture commodity trucking technology and logistics, in an acquisition by Ever.Ag, a provider of AgTech software solutions and risk management services to agricultural supply chain customers.
Represented the National Trust for Local News, a national nonprofit dedicated to preserving and providing long-term sustainability for local news sources, in its asset purchase of The Portland Press Herald and four other daily and 17 weekly newspapers from Masthead Maine.
Represented Spokane Urology, P.S., a 10-physician urology practice, in its asset sale to Solaris Health Holdings, LLC.
Represented Cox Oil Company, Inc., a gasoline and convenience store company, in their asset sale to Tri Star Energy, LLC.
Represented Stone Bancshares, Inc. (“SBI”) and its subsidiary bank, Stone Bank, in a merger with MO/ARK Bancshares, Inc.
Represented Westrock Coffee Company (Nasdaq: WEST), a supplier of widely recognized beverage brands and solutions, in its acquisition of Bixby Roasting Co.
Represented STORE Capital Corporation, an internally managed net-lease real estate investment trust, in a $15 billion all-cash acquisition by GIC, a global institutional investor, in partnership with Oak Street, a division of Blue Owl.
Represented First National of Nebraska, Inc. in its acquisition of Northland Capital Holdings, including its subsidiary Northland Securities, Inc.
Represented The Integris Group, Inc., the parent company of Innovize, LLC, in its equity sale to Vance Street Capital.
Represented Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) in its acquisition of the presort assets of Skymail International.
Represented First National Bank of Omaha in its acquisition of the assets of SAF Holdings, LLC and its subsidiary, AmeriFirst Home Improvement Finance, LLC.
Represented Printfection, an advanced enterprise swag management platform, in its equity sale to Custom Ink.
Represented ConnectiveRx, a leading provider of software-enabled patient support and access solutions for specialty and branded medications, in its acquisition of Rx Savings Assistant^® from Medicom Digital.
Represented Zenwork, a leading provider of digital tax compliance and regulatory reporting software, in its $163 million minority equity interest sale to Spectrum Equity.
Represented All American Pet Proteins, a specialty pet food protein processing company, in its asset sale to 3D Corporate Solutions.
Represented First National Bank of Omaha in its acquisition of Western States Bank.
Represented Grocery Order Tracking, Inc., a provider of technology solutions for independent grocers, in its equity sale to FMS Solutions.
Represented a California-based physical therapy operator in the sale of the company’s assets to a physical therapy network operating in the western U.S.
Represented Paymogy, LLC, a firm that advises, owns and operates SaaS businesses and start-ups across a variety of industries, in the acquisition of Linvio, Inc.
Represented Positronic Industries, Inc., a U.S. manufacturing corporation with significant European and Asian subsidiaries, in a stock sale transaction to a Fortune 500 publicly traded company.
Represented DTN, LLC in the acquisition of Iteris, Inc.’s Agriculture and Weather Analytics segment, composed of ClearAg and ClearPath Weather product lines.
Represented Sage V Foods in the sale of its interests in two rice milling operations in Stuttgart, Arkansas to Producers Rice Mill, Inc.