Peter L. Coffey

Peter brings strategic business vision to his work assisting emerging and established companies in corporate and finance matters, particularly in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, and business-succession planning.

He counsels companies in a variety of sectors including technology, software, digital and traditional media, distribution, and consumer products. He also advises investors and lenders in start-ups and venture-capital transactions, tender offers, and recapitalizations.

Solutions in action

• Assisted a provider of medical-data archiving solutions developed at the Mayo Clinic in its sale to FujiFilm. The company, which was backed by a group of investors including Mayo Ventures, multiple private equity firms and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, received significant interest from global firms. It conducted management presentations and negotiated purchase agreements with a number of parties before eventually negotiating exclusively with FujiFilm. 
• Helped a global firm obtain significant state and local incentives to continue operating domestically instead of moving operations to China. The incentives played an important role in the company’s decision to invest more than $63 million in state-of-the-art improvements to an existing facility, saving hundreds of jobs.
• Worked with a major nonprofit organization dedicated to providing employment opportunities to impaired individuals. Negotiated a deal with a supplier of raw components, which were then assembled by the nonprofit and sold directly to government purchasers. Negotiations were complicated by country of origin, warranty and indemnity issues as well as just-in-time supply requirements.
• Assisted in the planning and successful implementation of a third-generation business succession. Worked to develop goals with all stakeholders and advisors to achieve the important objectives of each.
• Assisted in a negotiation with a portfolio company owned by one of the largest private equity firms. Our client had exposure in the next year of more than $2 million on a minimum guaranteed royalty licensing agreement. We were able to resolve for a payment of $75,000.