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The Michigan Department of Treasury recently issued updated guidance addressing successor liability in response to Mertz v. Dep’t of Treasury [Dkt. No. 365480 (June 13, 2024)], a recent case before the Michigan Court of...more
Buyers and sellers that are parties to an M&A transaction should carefully consider whether the risks associated with tariffs that have already been imposed or that may be imposed in the future may significantly impact the...more
Negotiating and signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) is a key inflection point in the process of selling your business. Buyers and sellers both want the LOI to ensure a base level of understanding on certain key terms such as...more
We’ve recently received a handful of inquiries regarding the placement of sell-side reps and warranties insurance (RWI) policies. Given the relative rarity of these policies compared to their buy-side counterparts, we felt a...more
Privately held businesses are rarely bought or sold “as is.” Buyers of most businesses usually expect the sellers to make a comprehensive set of “representations” or “reps.” In other words, statements about the business that...more
While the new year presents an opportunity for businesses to look forward and set goals for performance in 2025, former owners of medical practices or other health care-related businesses who sold their enterprises in 2024...more
Parties to business acquisitions use indemnification clauses to provide security for harm that may result following the closing of the transaction. Indemnification obligations require one party to compensate the other for...more
Please join Williams Mullen attorneys Jon Bliley and Rakesh Parikh as they discuss the latest trends in middle-market M&A, touching on several topics, including rep & warranty insurance and indemnification....more
In recent years, the use of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions has experienced dramatic growth worldwide. Consequently, deal participants in Latin America are showing...more
In mergers and acquisitions, the False Claims Act is an important consideration that both buyers and sellers need to address, particularly if the target company is the focus of an FCA investigation. It’s also important for...more
In Arwood v. AW Site Services LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0904-JRS (Del. Ch. March 9, 2022), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that “Delaware is a ‘pro-sandbagging jurisdiction,’” meaning that, absent a provision to the contrary, an...more
Insurance brokerage deals surged in Q4 2021 and have continued to remain at peak levels throughout Q1 2022. Our team at Williams Mullen handled more than 50 of these transactions in the past two years alone, and, in doing so,...more
From regional to international $5-$100+ MM deals, our M&A team has extensive experience working with buyers, sellers, and investors on a wide variety of transactions in various industries including manufacturing, health care,...more
In an acquisition, particularly an equity acquisition, a buyer must perform extensive due diligence on the target company to understand, as thoroughly as possible, the risks associated with the acquisition. In most cases,...more
Indemnification obligations are used to allocate risk between a buyer and a seller in nearly all mergers and acquisitions transactions. In an acquisition of a distressed company or its assets, however, the seller may not be...more
Join Williams Mullen Partners Jon Bliley and Hal Johnson as they discuss the issues that may arise should you face a transaction with a delayed closing where a rep and warranty policy is the buyer’s sole source of...more
In this blog post, Miller & Martin attorney David Spiller addresses how seemingly minor deal faults have the potential to impact transaction outcomes in a major way. As an avid “club” tennis player, meaning that when I...more
2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant judicial and regulatory developments in the following areas: Mergers...more
On September 28, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion and Order (the Opinion) in favor of our client, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SB&D), in its litigation arising from SB&D’s...more
This Glossary contains many of the important terms and definitions used in the M&A world. The Glossary is not exhaustive, however. Like most areas of the law, M&A is a highly complex subject that involves several legal and...more
Introduction: Allocation of antitrust risk is an issue that frequently arises between parties in mergers or acquisitions that raise potential antitrust concerns. • Motivations of the buyer and the seller are the...more