Rochester, New York, February 13, 2026– Harter Secrest & Emery LLP (HSE), a full‑service business law firm with offices throughout New York, recently served as legal counsel to Moro Corporation (Moro) in connection with its sale to Blackford Capital.
Moro operates a diversified portfolio of construction services businesses, with core capabilities in HVAC, commercial electrical contracting, and rebar distribution. Through its established subsidiaries, Moro serves a wide range of end markets, including construction, industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and education. Moro’s diverse customer base includes leading industrial and manufacturing companies, prominent hospital systems and universities, and highly respected builders of major infrastructure projects such as bridges and roadways across the Northeast United States.
Our Mergers and Acquisitions team was led by C. Christopher Murillo, Thomas R. Anderson, and Jason W. Delmont.
Additional lawyers who contributed to our representation of Moro include:
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Mark R. Wilson, Paul W. Holloway, John (Jack) W. Brill, and Malaz K. Moustafa
- Labor and Employment: Benjamin E. Mudrick and Chloe J. Macdonald
- Real Estate: Patrick J. Quigley and Aaron L. Mackay
- Environmental, Land Use and Energy: Thomas M. Tuori and Matthew A. Eldred
- Privacy and Data Security: F. Paul Greene and Mark J. Stuhlmiller
- Intellectual Property: Timothy W. Menasco
With top tier rankings by Best Law Firms® and Chambers and Partners, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Mergers and Acquisitions team represents clients in connection with transactions ranging in value from several million- to multi-billion dollars. Clients include entrepreneurs, start-up companies and non-profit organizations, to middle-market and publicly traded corporations.
About Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is a full-service business law firm with attorneys throughout New York representing clients ranging from individuals and family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies and major regional institutions. With offices in Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, Corning, and New York City, New York, the firm and its attorneys are consistently recognized by the industry’s leading law firm and attorney ranking programs, including Chambers and Partners, Best Law Firms® and The Best Lawyers in America®.