Tyler J. Sewell

Tyler Sewell is a partner in the Corporate Department of Morrison & Foerster’s Denver office, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

He focuses his practice on advising clients on a broad range of corporate matters, with an emphasis on M&A, private equity transactions and other complex corporate transactions.

Mr. Sewell advises clients in various transaction structures including leveraged acquisitions, divestitures, asset acquisitions, stock acquisitions, mergers, auctions, and cross-border transactions.  He works with buyers and targets in a variety of industries, including technology (semiconductors, software, and Internet), consumer products, e-commerce, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, transportation and payment processing.

Prior to attending law school, he served as a surface warfare officer on the USS Russell and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Representative Matters

• California Cryobank in its acquisition of Donor Egg Bank


• CBRE Group in its acquisition of Tax Credit Group


• Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC), its operating subsidiaries and affiliates in multiple transactions, including the acquisitions of Guardian Healthcare Group; Life Line Ambulance Service; Phoenix Physicians; Emergency Medical Associates of New Jersey; Scottsdale Emergency Associates; Questcare Medical Services Emergency Physicians Medical Group


• Genesis Water in a Series A investment


• Intelligent Software Solutions in acquisition of Xpect Software


• KRG Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including, its acquisition of F.A. Richard & Co., its sale of Avizent to Abry and its sale of Tronair to Levine Leichtman


• McKesson Corporation in its acquisitions of Vantage Oncology LLC and Biologics, Inc.


• Novaria Group in its acquisition of Fitz Manufacturing Industries


• Restoration Hardware in its acquisition of Waterworks


• SoftBank Corporation in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of a controlling interest in Brightstar Corp. and its sale of its controlling stake in Finnish gaming company Supercell Oy to Tencent Holdings


• Splunk, Inc. in its acquisition of Caspida, Inc.


• Tomkins Ltd. in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Du-Tex; its divestiture of Dexter Axle to Sterling Partners and its sale of Aquatic US Holdings to Sterling Partners


• Unilever in its acquisition of Dollar Shave Club


• Westfire, Inc. in its sale to Tyco SimplexGrinnell


• Yahoo! in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Brightroll