Business Development, Due Diligence

Valuation Trends, Buyer-Seller Dynamics, and Advice for Sell-Side Businesses: A Conversation with Michael Norton of Houlihan...

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 4/23/2025

Below is part 2 of his conversation with Michael Norton, Director of Business Development at Houlihan Capital, a solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory, and investment banking firm. In this Q&A, Michael delves into...more

Big Deals and Bigger Takeaways: The Future of Platform Franchisors

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/22/2025

Today is Day 1 of Franchise Times Dealmakers Week. The webinar series is serving up a week of can’t-miss conversations with top franchise leaders who are building platforms, scaling brands, and reshaping the future of...more

Seven Practical Tips for Negotiating Joint Venture Deals

Ankura on 3/31/2025

In the face of economic and geopolitical disruption, companies are increasingly entering into joint ventures, strategic investments, and partnerships (JVs) to address their most pressing challenges. In fact, the number of new...more

Hiring Associates in 2025? Your New Year’s Resolutions

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/22/2025

If you plan to bolster your lawyer ranks with lateral associates in 2025, there are two critical steps for ensuring success. Law firms must understand the risks inherent in lateral associate hiring, then create a due...more

[Webinar] What Every Business Owner Should Know About Selling a Business - January 28th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CST

Amundsen Davis LLC on 1/15/2025

With an active mergers and acquisitions market, you may have decided that now is the right time to sell your business. Although it is an exciting endeavor, preparing to sell is a process that begins long before your company...more

Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/15/2025

If the statistics about high failure rates of lateral partners don’t persuade you, consider another barometer: the stress levels of professional liability insurers. Indeed, lateral hiring tops the list of issues that...more

Nine Actions Smart Law Firms Take in Q4

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 12/6/2024

The fourth quarter presents law firm leaders with a critical period for addressing strategic planning, financial management, and compensation adjustments. However, firms that extend their focus beyond immediate financial...more

Beyond Red Flags: Deploying Positive Intel from Due Diligence

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 10/28/2024

We admit it: Sometimes it’s tempting to lead with the negative information from pre-hire investigations. Bullying behavior, inflammatory social media posts, fabricated client relationships – these (very real) examples raise...more

Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 9/17/2024

Timing is everything, as the saying goes — and it certainly holds true when it comes to assessing the risk of lateral partner candidates. Indeed, Decipher Investigative Intelligence analysis reveals a significant trend:...more

Startup Legalities: Essential First Steps for Success

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on 7/22/2024

Did you know that according to The NY Times, about half of new businesses fail within the first five years? This reality underscores the critical importance of establishing a strong business plan and legal foundation from the...more

How Small Businesses Hire Lawyers, Part 2: When A Legal Need Arises

Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing on 11/16/2023

From taxes to torts, there’s considerable opportunity for law firms to serve the nation’s 33 million small businesses, a demographic with the potential to generate upwards of 420 million legal matters each year. But this...more

The Ultimate Guide to TikTok for Law Firms

Good2bSocial on 8/23/2022

With 1 billion users today, and growth by 142% in 2021, it’s safe to say TikTok is one of the fastest-growing social media platforms we’ve seen yet. And its unique biteable video format has permeated every level of the social...more

[Event] 2022 Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium & Investment Forum - April 28th - 29th, Boston, MA

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/28/2022

At the Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium and Investment Forum, seasoned dealmakers, investors industry executives and technical experts will join McDermott's leading transactional, venture financing and private equity...more

Seven Keys to Selecting the Best Corporate Intelligence Firms

Oberheiden P.C. on 2/10/2021

What Is Corporate Intelligence? Corporate intelligence is defined broadly as the process of acquiring business knowledge from internal and external sources in order to improve the productivity, sales, marketing, and...more

[Webinar] 2020 Hospital & Health System Innovation Summit - November 11th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/3/2020

Hospital and Health System Innovation Centers clear the path for healthcare advancement. And in an environment upended by COVID-19, there is no better time for investment in innovation and growth of collaborative partnerships...more

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual South America Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - August 28th, 8:55 am - 5:00 pm BRT

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 6/29/2020

SCCE’s South American Regional Compliance and Ethics Conference offers a full day of compliance and ethics education. Topics include: - Third party due diligence - Building a relationship with the regulator - Unconscious...more

Rebranding or launching a new product in the CPG space? Don’t neglect intellectual property

International Lawyers Network on 6/16/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has presented many challenges for those in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space, and beyond. Supply chain disruptions, rapid migration of point-of-sale from brick-and-mortar outlets to online...more

Why Corporate Housekeeping and Due Diligence are Serious Business for Businesses

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/13/2020

When an organization is considering a major strategic development, such as seeking new investors or perhaps even selling the business, there are critical corporate housekeeping and due diligence steps needed to prepare. But...more

Business Partnerships

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 2/5/2020

Like any relationship, business partnerships require ongoing care and maintenance in order to flourish. This edition of Three Things provides things to consider in order to maximize the potential of your business...more

Business Development Company Guide for Capital Markets

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 9/11/2019

This guide covers all related information that a securities practitioner needs when working with a Business Development Company (BDC). It provides an overview of the industry and covers applicable securities laws and...more

Contract Corner: Outsourcing and the Importance of Due Diligence

Morgan Lewis on 2/28/2019

Outsourcing agreements are typically long-term arrangements and the functions outsourced, whether IT or business processes, often key to the continued operation of the customer’s business. It is therefore important that both...more

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 350, Linda Justice and Her Nancy Drew Approach

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/3/2017

Linda Justice brings Nancy Drew to your side to fill all those knowledge gaps in your pursuit of clients. Using her technical background in corporate investigations, she brings experience to business development, strategic...more

Strategic International Expansion: Doing the Right Due Diligence Will Increase Your Chances of Success

LawVision on 3/8/2016

As the world becomes smaller and globalization in most industries is now a given, more and more firms are thinking about global expansion. Many firms are attracted to the possibility of getting a piece of what they think is a...more

Farewell to Chocolate Thunder, Baylor Football and Due Diligence

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 8/28/2015

Daryl Dawkins died yesterday. To anyone who followed the National Basketball League (NBA); Dawkins will always be remembered with the brilliant Stevie Wonder-derived moniker – Chocolate Thunder. I will also remember him for...more

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