Related Practices
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Covington frequently represents buyers, sellers, and investors in transactions involving government contractors and subcontractors. We form interdisciplinary teams involving our corporate, antitrust, and regulatory lawyers to address the specialized due diligence, regulatory approval and other issues that arise with the purchase or sale of government contractors. Purchases of US businesses by foreign entities raise special problems and we work with our International & Trade group on CFIUS and trade controls issues that often have a government contracts dimension, as well as contract novation or security clearance issues that may be presented. Purchases of government contractors in the health services, information technology and financial services industries are likely to present privacy issues that implicate the expertise of our Privacy & Data Security group.
We also help clients negotiate teaming agreements, subcontract agreements, and cooperative research and development agreements ("CRADAs"), as well as other specialized agreements. We advise prime contractors and subcontractors about the applicability and impact of FAR clauses in their contracts. We counsel potential investors about specific government contract related business risks, including potential future claims and the risk of suspension or debarment.
Representative Matters
- Evaluation of intellectual property issues in public/private technology transfer consortium with ARDEC in connection with private equity investment.
- Handled all aspects of client’s acquisition of a military health-care systems contractor, including extensive due diligence concerning security clearance and privacy issues.
- Preparing library of teaming agreements for client engaged in teaming with non-profit, for-profit and university sectors for USAID contracts.
- For client selecting a location for large biotech manufacturing facility, Covington handled negotiation and documentation of incentive and support agreements with state governments, including review needed to make state agreements consistent with obligations under federal research and development contract.
- Advice to client on government contracts and antitrust issues presented by possible sale to competitor.
- Due diligence review in connection with proposed purchase of US systems contractor by foreign purchaser, including assessment of government contracts portfolio in connection with CFIUS issues.
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