Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented medical legal services company ExamWorks Group, Inc. (NYSE: EXAM) on its definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of MES Group, Inc. (MES), a provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, and utilization reviews to the automotive, disability, liability, and workers’ compensation markets.

Under the terms of the agreement, ExamWorks will pay approximately $210 million for MES, consisting of $175 million in cash, 1,424,501 shares of ExamWorks stock with a contractual value of $25 million, and up to $10 million of assumed debt.

 

Corporate partner Reinaldo Pascual led the Paul Hastings team, which included Philip Marzetti, Eric Keller, James Holden, Dianne Nesson and Andrea Gehman.

 

About ExamWorks Group, Inc.: ExamWorks Group, Inc. is a leading provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, bill reviews, and IME-related services to the insurance and legal industries, third-party administrators, self-insured parties, and federal and state agencies.