Richmond attorneys assist Apex in acquisition
Closely Held Business and Entrepreneurial Service practice group leader and Richmond partner Tom Grant and Richmond partners John Owen Gwathmey, Mason Bayler, Evelyn Traub and Richmond of counsel Laura Windsor were mentioned in a March 21 AM Law Daily article about California-based On Assignment, a technology and health care staffing agency, agreeing to pay $383 million in cash and $217 million in stock for Richmond-based IT staffing firm Apex Systems Inc. In announcing the acquisition, On Assignment said Apex is the sixth-largest IT staffing firm in the U.S.
The deal also was mentioned in several other March publications, including M&A Navigator, Business Wire and The New York Times Blogs. Grant and the other attorneys are representing Apex in the legal proceedings.