McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Robert Goldstein and Frank Steinherr wrote this bylined article on carve-out transactions in which a seller disposes of a stand-alone portion of its business. “The complexity of a carve-out transaction relative to a whole-business transaction will vary greatly depending on the degree of integration between the carved-out business and the business that remains behind,” the authors wrote, and they advised sellers “to be nimble and flexible” to achieve better deal results.