Mergers & Acquisitions

Our clients rely on us to not only understand their long-term goals, but to also create legal strategies to achieve those goals. For longstanding client, Vail Resorts, Inc., this means Brownstein’s team helps execute on their commitment to bring the “experience of a lifetime” to individuals near urban centers across the country. When Vail Resorts sought to acquire three Pittsburgh-area resorts—Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Hidden Valley Resort and Laurel Mountain Ski Area—our team made this dream a reality. We handled all aspects of the $125 million acquisition, including real estate and hospitality matters. The result? Vail Resorts continues to deliver on its commitment to provide an “experience of a lifetime.”

Long-standing partnerships with clients allow us to achieve transformational strategic and successful outcomes. Our relationship with Workforce Insight, a Denver-based workforce management company, is a prime example of this dynamic. The Brownstein team recently represented Workforce Insight in its sale to Accenture, a global professional services company. This transaction is the culmination of a near-decade long partnership with Workforce Insight and its founders, beginning in 2014. Guided by our nuanced insight into the company’s objectives and the motivations of the executives, our dedicated deal team advised Workforce Insight in connection with its original exit to Baird Capital Partners, its subsequent buyback therefrom, as well as three additional bolt-on acquisitions to help position the company for its eventual and most recent sale.

Keeping a much-needed community hospital open in a southern Arizona community required quick action to make a sophisticated deal happen. Brownstein’s integrated team of corporate, litigation and government relations counsel successfully guided the distressed Casa Grande Regional Medical Center through filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the resulting acquisition of its assets and certain liabilities by Banner Health. In only 10 months, the team surmounted multiple hurdles—two attempted transactions to acquire Casa Grande by other hospital systems, a hotly contested auction process, significant antitrust challenges and complicated health care regulatory issues—to successfully complete the sale.

For nearly 50 years, our firm has supported the legal needs of Denver-based M.D.C. Holdings and also provided government relations advocacy. M.D.C. grew from its humble beginnings as a Denver homebuilder by successfully navigating varying housing market cycles to become a top-12 national builder. We were there from the beginning as a strategic partner. It’s an honor to have played such an integral role in their impressive growth culminating in M.D.C. being acquired for $4.9 billion by Sekisui House, a Japanese builder. The acquisition will make Sekisui House the fifth largest home builder in the U.S., based on the number of houses closed in 2022. Drawing on our deep relationships, the Brownstein team helped to ensure that one of our oldest clients achieved an ideal outcome.