Amanda Neidert Kesler

Represented the majority owner of a U.S.-based manufacturer of equipment for the power industry in selling its stake to the minority owner after more than two years of cross-border negotiations. The transaction navigated U.S., German and Mexican legal perspectives on issues such as anti-sandbagging provisions, with diligence supported by a virtual data room hosting nearly 70 participants and more than 300 written questions.

Counseled a national leasing client in reviewing a portfolio of more than 150 properties in preparation for property insurance renewal, with annual insurance premiums exceeding $5 million. By deploying a contract-review software platform, the team completed the review in under two weeks at half the projected cost and produced a reusable database of leases for ongoing client questions.

Miles & Stockbridge represented a distributor of electrical parts, lighting products and commercial shading solutions in a part-sale, part-rollover transaction with a private equity sponsor utilizing representations and warranties insurance, which required additional scrutiny of the seller’s diligence profile. The team navigated and resolved extensive diligence obstacles, including state sales and use tax exposures and employee benefits issues. They significantly reduced the buyer’s proposed client-transition holdback, negotiating a clean exit for two retiring partners and obtained favorable rollover equity and governance terms for the continuing partners.