Garth Angelo Osterman
About Garth
Garth concentrates his practice on M&A, divestitures and buyouts. For more than two decades, he has represented public and private companies in their strategic transactions, including buy- and sell-side deals. His clients include companies of all sizes engaged in US domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings. Garth acts in a variety of capacities in representing his clients, including as lead deal counsel, cross-border structuring advisor, special advisor to shareholders and neutral drafter in multiparty divestiture transactions. From 2000 to 2022, Garth was a market leader in special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) M&A transactions, representing target companies and SPACs in their business combinations.
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I have been representing clients in mergers and acquisitions for almost 20 years, across a broad spectrum of industries, with a specialty in international and cross-border transactions.
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- California
Recent Blog Postings
- Renegotiating Deal Terms? Delaware Reminds Fiduciaries of Unremitting Duties
- Social Distancing From a (Supposed) Life Partner: Early Lessons From Deals Terminated and On the Rocks in the COVID-19 Era
- Long-Term Focus: Preparing for Activism + Takeovers Amid COVID-19 Risks
- Cooley’s 2019 Tech M&A Year in Review
- Cooley's 2019 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review
- Taking a Play out of the Financial Acquirer’s Playbook
- Use of Earn-Outs to “Bridge” the Valuation Gap
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