Mary Frances specializes in providing comprehensive legal support to publicly and privately held companies, and focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. Her services also encompass a broad range of general corporate matters, including entity formation, organizational planning, and governance.
With a keen eye for detail, Mary Frances brings extensive experience to the table in the art of drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. In her practice, Mary Frances combines legal acumen with a strategic mindset, ensuring that businesses receive tailored solutions that align with their objectives.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Representative Experience
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Represented Honeywell in the spin-off of its Advanced Materials business, now operating as Solstice Advanced Materials, including leading the separation workstream and contract analysis to establish Solstice as an independent, publicly traded company and supporting Honeywell’s strategic transformation into three distinct industry-leading businesses.
- Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Cobalt Service Partners in its acquisition of Toepfer Security.
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Represented Francisco Partners, Berkshire Partners, and their portfolio company Accela in the acquisition of OpenCounter.
- Represented the seller in the sale of its insurance agency to a global insurance brokerage.*
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Represented the buyer in its acquisitions of pet resorts.*
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Represented the seller in the sale of its specialized freighting company.*
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Represented the buyer in its acquisitions of a series of national restaurant franchises.*
- Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting businesses (operating in an alternative practice structure), in multiple add-on acquisitions.