Minh Van Ngo focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. He advises companies, boards of directors and special committees in connection with M&A, corporate governance and crisis management, including consensual and hostile transactions, leveraged buyouts, strategic investments, takeover defense, proxy contests and hedge fund activism.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Corporate, esp. M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Corporate, esp. M&A |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | Corporate, esp. M&A |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | Corporate, esp. M&A |
Van Ngo’s notable transactions include representing:
- The Williams Companies in its proposed $37.7 billion business combination transaction with Energy Transfer Equity and its $8.7 billion proposal to acquire all the outstanding shares of Southern Union Company;
- Life Technologies Corporation in its $15.8 billion sale to Thermo Fisher Scientific;
- The board of directors of Massey Energy in connection with the company’s $8.5 billion sale to Alpha Natural Resources;
- Affiliated Computer Services in its acquisition by Xerox Corporation for approximately $8.4 billion;
- Air Products and Chemicals in its unsolicited offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Airgas for approximately $7 billion;
- The board of directors of National City Corporation in connection with the company’s $5.2 billion acquisition by PNC Financial Services Group;
- Universal Health Services in its acquisition of Psychiatric Solutions for approximately $3.1 billion;
- Hertz in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Group and in connection with Avis’s competing interest in acquiring Dollar Thrifty Group;
- Spectranetics in its €1.9 billion sale to Philips;
- Paragon 28 in its $1.2 billion acquisition by Zimmer Biomet;
- GuideWell in its $900 million combination with Triple-S Management;
- Mylan in its acquisition of certain female healthcare businesses from Famy Care for $750 million in cash plus additional contingent payments of up to $50 million;
- Sensata Technologies in its cooperation agreement with Elliott Management;
- The special committee of the board of directors of CNH Global in connection with the merger of Fiat Industrial and CNH Global with and into CNH Industrial;
- IBM in various acquisitions and other strategic transactions;
- The Container Store in its exploration of strategic alternatives and resulting financial partnership with private investment firm Leonard Green & Partners;
- NNS Holding in connection with the negotiation of various corporate governance arrangements with respect to Texas Industries; and
- The Kuwait Sovereign Fund in capital restructurings with respect to several of its investments.