Matthew John Gardella

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Mergers & Acquisitions: Essilor International SA in its acquisition of Costa Inc. (NASDAQ: ATX)
  FGX International in its acquisition of Stylemark
  ASSA ABLOY AB in its $80 million acquisition of LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ: LCRD)
  ABRY Partners, a private equity firm, in its $1.3 billion acquisition of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI)
  Cequent Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNAD), formerly known as MDRNA, Inc., a leading RNAi-based drug discovery
  development company
  Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DYSL) in its acquisition of Hilger Crystal Limited, a U.K. subsidiary of Newport Corp. (NASDAQ: NEWP)
  Management team of Netsmart Technologies, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Netsmart by private equity firm, Genstar Capital, including terms of management's roll-over
  co-investment arrangements
  related employment
  compensation arrangements
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) in its $8.8 billion acquisition of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNM), one of the largest foreign acquisitions by a Japanese company, the largest by a Japanese company in the pharmaceutical industry
  IDD magazine's Healthcare Deal of the Year in 2008
  Lane, Berry & Co. International LLC in its sale to Raymond James Financial, Inc.
  Netsmart Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of the Therapist Helper Division from Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX-V: NGH)
  XIUS - bcgi in its sale of substantially all of its interests in its Israeli subsidiary, Puresight Technologies Limited
  Boston Communications Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCGI) in its $65 million merger with Megasoft Limited
  Helix Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: HELX) in its agreement to merge with Brooks Automation in a $450 million stock swap, creating a leading provider of integrated subsystems to the semi-conductor capital equipment industry
  Securities Offerings: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $141.4 million follow-on offering (underwriters' counsel)
  TECO Energy in its $280.5 million public offering of common stock
  Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. in its initial public offering
  Recapitalization transaction of SofTech, Inc.
  Atlantic Tele-Network in its $68 million public offering of common stock
  American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT), the leading independent operator of wireless
  broadcast communications towers in North America, in numerous public equity
  debt offerings
  Rule 144A offerings
  Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), the largest independent outdoor advertising company, in its $287.5 million convertible notes offering
  Sheffield Steel, a leading regional producer of steel products, in its $80 million high-yield notes offering