Selling Your Med Spa Practice – Key Steps To Attract a Buyer and Get the Best Price
Preparing A Company For Sale - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Building a Healthcare Practice and Preparing to Sell: Getting the Right Advice Can Make a Difference
FCA Implications for M&A Transactions
What You Need To Know About Representation and Warranty Insurance
Growth by Acquisition Important Considerations for Government Contractors, Part 2 of 2
The Exit: Everything You Need to Know but Didn’t Know to Ask about Startup Acquisitions
Selling Your Government Contract Business: Plan Today for a Stronger Tomorrow, Part 1 of 2
Legal Steps For Dentists to Follow When Buying or Selling a Practice
Top 20 Negotiation Tips: #8 and #9
The Grass is Greener: The State of the Cannabis Industry - Where Do We Go from Here?
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Expert and Author Paul Hood
Exit Worth Celebrating – It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Exit
How Private Equity Firms Structure Health Care Mergers and Tax Implications
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Five: Exploring Succession and Generational Change with Kevin Adams, Managing Director for The Mountain Group
Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors
Tips for Dentists Starting or Acquiring a Dental Practice
An Overview of Private Equity Firm Acquisitions of Medical Practices
Episode #4 - Succession Planning for Startups
A Deal-Making Magic 8-Ball and Other Surprises: Entrepreneurship and Investing with Robbie Hardy and Fred Hutchison
As a business advisor, understanding the succession process for business owners can significantly benefit your ability to attract and build a business owner practice successfully. Long-term thinking can be complex for some...more
The sale process can be a long, stressful, physically and emotionally draining, and disruptive to ongoing business operations. Planning well in advance of the desired sale date and engaging experienced professional advisors...more
Over the past few years, significant shifts have occurred within the veterinary field, especially when it comes to veterinary practice ownership. Independent veterinary practices have increasingly been sold to corporate...more
In Samuelian v. Life Generations Healthcare, LLC, — Cal. App. 5th —, 2024 WL 3878448 (Cal. App. Aug. 20, 2024), the California Court of Appeal answered two long outstanding questions of California law concerning the...more
When a business is sold, the most important overall aspect of negotiations between a cautious buyer and determined seller may be due to the agreed-upon purchase price for the business. However, when the buyer is purchasing...more
The Federal Trade Commission's Non-Compete Clause Rule proposed in January 2023 that we have previously written about becomes effective September 4, 2024, and invalidates most noncompetition agreements on or after the Rule's...more
Have you received an offer to buy your company? Congratulations! But there is work ahead. The first step is to understand the specific deal structure, be it an asset sale, equity sale or merger. The owners should also work...more
The prohibition on fee splitting by professionals is alive and well in New York. The sale of a dental practice from one dentist to another was found to violate the state’s prohibition against fee splitting because the...more
There are several steps to follow when preparing to sell your business. It is important to allow plenty of time for planning and organization, as the process will usually require many months to a year or more. Why does it...more
A letter of intent (LOI), expression of interest (EOI) or term sheet is typically the first substantive document in the life of a transaction (noting that, oftentimes, parties will sign a nondisclosure agreement prior to...more
In a dispute about tax preparation businesses that one member of Compass Tax Services LLC was selling to the entity, precious little was for certain. Even the parties’ agreement lacked clarity about whether Compass Tax, or...more
It’s nice to get paid. Giving up control of your business? Well… that’s a different story. On closing the sale of a business, owners realize a dramatic financial return on their investment. However, few buyers are willing to...more
For the right transaction, a rollover of equity can add value for the buyer and the seller. Rollover equity is ownership in the buyer or its affiliates that is issued to a seller as payment for all or a portion of the...more
When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more
After years of dedication to building a business, the time has come to consider selling. The process of selling can be complex, but taking the time to prepare before listing a business for sale or engaging with potential...more
June has been a busy month for the cannabis industry in Maryland! Read on for updates regarding statutory and regulatory changes that will shape the industry moving forward. The most significant developments include: ...more
The Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study (“the Study”) is published on a bi-annual basis by the Market Trends Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s M&A Committee, which I am happy to serve on. The...more
Representations and warranties play a crucial role in business transactions and are commonly used in merger and acquisition agreements to allocate risk between sellers and buyers. Accurate representations and reliable...more
Business owners of private companies invest huge amounts of time and resources in their business, which may include the bulk of their financial capital. For owners who do not want most of their net worth to remain tied up in...more
Business owners considering exit options from their businesses often can be blinded by purchase price figures and proceeds, often “accepting” that paying capital gains tax is part of the deal. The ability to avoid or defer...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on April 23, 2024 issued its long-anticipated final rule generally banning noncompete agreements for workers (including employees and independent contractors) nationwide. What should...more
On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) promulgated its final rule prohibiting non-competes for most workers in the United States (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule raises several issues, including...more
The battle over non-compete agreements is gearing up. The Federal Trade Commission voted last week to adopt a Final Rule, as promised back in January 2023, that largely bans non-competes. Lawsuits are being filed to block it....more
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Rule”) banning as unfair competition all non-compete provisions entered with workers on or after the effective date...more
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued a final rule designed to promote competition and new business formation that, when effective, will impose a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements...more