Lippes Mathias LLP is pleased to have served as legal counsel to John W. Danforth Company in its acquisition by EMCOR Group, a Fortune 500 mechanical construction and facilities services firm headquartered in Connecticut. 

Danforth, a Tonawanda-based mechanical contractor with more than 1,000 employees across New York, Ohio, and Vermont, will operate as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary within EMCOR’s Mechanical Construction Services segment. The transaction closed on Tuesday, November 4. 

The Lippes Mathias deal team included partners Brendan J. Rich and Eliza P. Shea, associate Elyse J. Ponterio, and Devon R. McDonald, the firm’s director of tax. 

Founded in 1884, Danforth has grown into one of the largest subcontractors in the Buffalo region, with continued expansion throughout the Northeast and Midwest. 

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with 220-plus attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals. 

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