Egerton McAfee’s litigation practice group represents clients in matters involving will contests, the improper conversion of assets of a decedent, and liability issues pertaining to the fiduciary duties of executors and trustees with respect to the administration of trusts and estates.
At Egerton McAfee, we recognize that government regulation has a profound and far-reaching effect on every business and is therefore a crucial factor in strategic business planning. The scope and impact of regulations by federal, state, and local governments and administrative agencies can impose significant costs, foreclose business opportunities, and at times alter the course of a company or an entire industry.Â
As the need to interact with government at the local, state or federal level increases, our Regulatory and Administrative Practice Group offers a broad range of services and experience in advocacy and regulatory affairs, and a proven track record of helping clients achieve their strategic goals and business objectives.  We combine substantive legal analysis with a sophisticated understanding of the legislative and regulatory process.Â
Our attorneys’ extensive experience representing clients before a broad range of federal, state and local agencies and governmental entities provides our clients with the skill and insight on how to navigate the government regulatory process and manage the varied and complex interactions that businesses have with administrative agencies. We provide timely and proactive advice on compliance with the statutes and regulations applicable to their business and we help our clients stay informed of anticipated regulatory changes. Â
We also aggressively defend clients who are facing citations or violations issued by state and federal regulators.  Egerton McAfee regularly represents clients in informal and formal enforcement actions before administrative law judges, hearing officers, commissions, and in seeking judicial intervention and judicial review of administrative proceedings in appellate courts at the state and federal level.  The firm has successfully represented clients on issues related to EEO and FLSA compliance, TOSHA workplace safety issues, federal and state tax controversies and nexus issues, environmental matters, zoning and other land use issues, healthcare regulatory issues, and in a variety of other regulated industries.  The strength of our representation comes from our ability to counsel clients on various compliance issues, so as to avoid disputes with agencies and to resolve matters promptly and efficiently when they do arise.Â
Keeping up with the new privacy and data protection statutes and regulations that are continually being passed or updated in the privacy arena can be a daunting task for businesses of all sizes. Â
Egerton McAfee’s Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity practice group consists of attorneys available to assist our clients by providing comprehensive legal advice and services regarding the legal, business, and strategic considerations that are critical to decisions involving your data and the protection of it. Our team has decades of experience advising businesses on how to conform to the patchwork of US privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and HIPAA, as well as International Privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Additionally, our team regularly drafts privacy policies, data processing agreements, and helps businesses implement privacy by design.Â
Our attorneys also assist businesses with responses to data breaches and how to avoid data breaches.Â
Our attorneys in the Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity Practice Group can draw on the experience, knowledge, and expertise of our entire Firm to provide advice regarding tax matters, estate planning, risk management, business relationships and contracts, transaction structuring, intellectual property protection, employment issues, dispute resolution, litigation and a host of other business and legal matters that might arise in connection with or following the formation of your business entity.  Â
 At Egerton, McAfee, we are well-equipped to provide experienced and cost-effective legal counsel utilizing our business-centric legal expertise and experience as well as a multi-disciplinary legal approach for the benefit of our clients seeking to address their Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity concerns.Â
At Egerton, McAfee, we have a comprehensive mergers & acquisitions practice representing buyers and sellers of businesses in both public and private company transactions, and with regard to any associated deal financing transactions with lenders, private equity firms, venture capital funds, and other types of financing. In that regard, we routinely work with investment bankers, underwriters and issuers.  Our mergers & acquisitions experience includes a wide variety of industries.  We have a breadth of experience and knowledge to advise and assist our clients with regard to today’s complex mergers and acquisitions in an increasingly regulated business environment.  To meet the needs of our clients’ various interests in their M&A deals, our Mergers & Acquisitions attorneys work closely and seamlessly with attorneys in our firm with experience in substantive legal areas like commercial lending and finance, commercial contracts, securities regulation, private equity, corporate governance, tax law, real estate, environmental law, labor and employment, employee benefits, intellectual property, technology, and data privacy to provide the appropriate legal skills to meet your business needs.Â
 Whether your business is a start-up entity seeking to raise capital to begin your business activity, an emerging enterprise who now needs access to financial markets, a family-owned, closely-held business, a closely-held business owned by private equity, or a large, established privately-held or publicly-traded company, we are ready and able to meet your needs.Â
 At Egerton, McAfee, our clients rely on our Mergers & Acquisitions team for practical and efficient advice regarding mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in addition to divestitures, roll-ups, reorganizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs and split-offs.Â
 Egerton, McAfee’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice includes:Â
 At Egerton, McAfee, we provide our clients with M&A–related services in all phases of the life of a transaction as follows:Â
In recent years, our M&A practice group has been recognized by The M&A Advisor with a M&A Deal of the Year award in the following categories:Â
M&A Deal of the Year — Information Technology ($50M to $100M) (2011)Â
M&A Deal of the Year — Professional Services (B to B)Â ($50M to $100M) (2011)Â
Egerton, McAfee advises acquiring companies, targets, buyers, sellers, institutional investors, boards of directors and special committees of both public and private companies regarding proposed and potential transactions.  Working with our clients’ management teams in addition to other outside professionals and advisors, including accountants, investment bankers, and business brokers, Egerton, McAfee can advise our clients regarding strategic alternatives, deal strategy, and to ensure that the transaction process is effectively managed.  When our clients decide to sell their business or acquire another entity, Egerton, McAfee is available to be there to advise them on deal structures, potential synergies and any relevant regulatory issues.  Because of our relationship with our clients, our understanding of their business objectives, and the industries in which they operate, our clients look to Egerton, McAfee to best position their company for future success through the proposed transaction. Â
Once the parties to a transaction have agreed upon the essential business terms, our M&A attorneys work to negotiate a Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Understanding or Term Sheet, if appropriate, and to further negotiate deal terms for the transaction. We work closely with our clients, whether they are the buyer or the seller, in conducting appropriate due diligence for the transaction which further informs the transaction terms and provisions of the key agreements. From there, our attorneys work with the attorneys for the other parties involved in the transaction to negotiate and develop the necessary transaction agreements needed to bring the transaction to a close.  At Egerton, McAfee, we work to minimize our client’s risks and to anticipate potential disputes, and our M&A attorneys work with others in the firm with subject matter knowledge to deliver the relevant expertise to our clients, while working together as a team in an efficient manner in order to make our representation as effective as possible while minimizing transaction costs.Â
While the closing is the culmination of a transaction, it is not the end of the deal between the parties.  All of the parties to the Agreement, still typically have certain remaining obligations to each other.  Many transactions often involve complicated earn-out mechanisms as well as other post-closing purchase price adjustments and long-term escrow arrangements in order to satisfy any post-closing claims.  Following closing, the M&A attorneys at Egerton McAfee continue to work with our clients with regard to these post-closing matters, including any indemnification claims and/or post-closing adjustments that may arise, and we assist our clients in creating escrows or other arrangements to satisfy those types of claims in connection with the transaction.  Our M&A attorneys at Egerton, McAfee routinely work with our clients to appropriately quantify and calculate any post-closing indemnification claims and regarding any related post-closing payments, and ultimately with regard to the release of any amounts remaining in escrow under the terms of the transaction documents.Â