Category: Mergers and Acquisitions
Due Diligence for Trade Risk
Due Diligence for Trade Risk When conducting due diligence on a multinational company, consider the heightened risk of trade disruptions and loss of goodwill with foreign customers resulting from our...
Take it To the Bank: How to Get Paid What You Bargained For When Selling A Business
Take it To the Bank: How to Get Paid What You Bargained For When Selling A Business You have finally decided to sell your company. Perhaps you have worked with...
Due Diligence in Healthcare Deals
Due Diligence in Healthcare Deals When considering an acquisition, the due diligence process enables a buyer to make a “go/no-go” decision about closing the deal. Due diligence also helps a...
What Should Go into a Letter of Intent?
What Should Go into a Letter of Intent? To start acquisition talks in earnest, a prospective buyer will generally offer the seller a letter of intent (LOI). The contents of...
Deal Terms: Break-Up Fees, Covenants to Closing and Material Adverse Change Clauses
Deal Terms: Break-Up Fees, Covenants to Closing and Material Adverse Change Clauses The two recent busted mergers of Aetna and Humana and Cigna and Anthem could result in break-up fees...
After Tax: Calculating Your Net Proceeds from a Proposed Sale
After Tax: Calculating Your Net Proceeds from a Proposed Sale After you have received a valuation on your company (by receiving an offer to purchase your business or by an...
Know Your Worth: Valuing Your Business
Know Your Worth: Valuing Your Business Thinking about selling your company? It is paramount to know your company’s fair market value so you can get an appropriate price. Fair market...
Timing an Exit: Knowing When to Sell
Timing an Exit: Knowing When to Sell Founders are often used to doing things on their own terms. But when selling a business, getting the best terms requires selling at...
Special Issues in Technology Acquisitions
Special Issues in Technology Acquisitions Technology is so ever present in our lives and our businesses that nearly any deal could be described as a “tech deal”. Acquisitions of a...
Stock for Stock Acquisitions
Stock for Stock Acquisitions Occasionally in acquisitions, the Buyer may offer its stock (and cash) as consideration in exchange for the stock or assets of the Target. So essentially, the...