Mergers & Acquisitions

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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Colombia Battles U.S. Investors for $17 Billion Treasure
Suzanne Folsom and Ted Wright of ACADEMI
As Sequestration Causes Push for Unrequited Patriotism, Government Contractors Should Just Say No
Kevin Kelly on Sequestration
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
Clark Ervin on National Security’s Business Impacts
Micah Green on U.S. Fiscal Policy
Turbulent Market for Legal Services Forces Law Firms to Innovate

GovCon Deal Bugaboo: Sales Tax Exposure

by Michael Fletcher | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 4/19/2013

We recently wrapped up diligence proceedings for another GovCon M&A transaction, and the specter of sales tax exposure again reared its ugly head. Time and again we see contractors err in their evaluation of the implications...more

Transferring quarry and mining rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]

by JOSEPH YAV KATSHUNG on 7/12/2012

The mining code of the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] provides for a possibility of leasing and assigning mining and quarry rights. Since mining and quarry rights, as expressed in mining and quarry permits, are real and...more