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Preparing Your Business for Sale

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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

J.S. Held

Reducing Bias in Business Valuation Engagements

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“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” - Sir John Maynard Keynes - Our waking hours are bombarded with more information than can be absorbed. From 2009 to 2017, the amount of data that enters the human...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Time to Sell? Are You and Your Company Prepared to Go After the Elusive Pot of Gold?

After devoting long hours and years of hard work in building their companies, majority owners of private businesses may reach a point where they consider whether it is time for them to sell. This large question – Is now the...more

Venable LLP

Earnouts and Their Tax Treatment

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As buyers and sellers engage in negotiations for the sale of a business, often there may be disagreements as to the value and expected growth of that business. One party might currently value the business higher than the...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

What Will the M&A Market Look Like in 2024?

Observations from Two of SoCal’s Leading Transaction Attorneys- What can buyers and sellers expect from the M&A market in 2024? Procopio Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Joint Ventures leaders Paul Johnson and Jason...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Associate Buy-Ins: Selling Your Veterinary Practice to an Associate

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Selling your veterinary practice can be financially, legally, and emotionally complicated. And, while selling to an associate certainly has its benefits, there are still plenty of complications you need to be prepared for....more

Kerr Russell

Adjustments To Net Working Capital For A Business Transaction: The Art And The Science

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Generally, net working capital is determined by subtracting the business’ current liabilities from its current assets, excluding cash. Transactions are commonly structured on a “cash free” basis with the seller retaining the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

You Want to Sell Your Business for What? Securing a Beautiful Sale Price at Closing 

We accept that beauty is in eye of the beholder but determining what a private company is worth should be much more objective. Yet, for a business owner who is considering a sale of the company, it may come as a surprise that...more

TransPerfect Legal

What’s Trending: Milestone Disputes in Life Sciences Litigation

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Earlier this month, the ACC hosted an illuminating panel presentation on Life Sciences Litigation: A Look at Milestone Disputes & Recent Trends. Panelists included Lauri Mims and Jennifer Huber, both Partners at Keker Van...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors

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Government contractors face so many day-to-day challenges that they rarely have time to think about big strategic goals and how to get there. For any owner thinking about selling in the next five years and any owner who would...more

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[Webinar] Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors - June 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am ET

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Government contractors face so many day-to-day challenges that they rarely have time to think about big strategic goals and how to get there. For any owner thinking about selling in the next five years and any owner who would...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors

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Historically, buyers in M&A transactions have discounted the value of a government contractor with significant revenue from small business set-aside contracts, including contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a),...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and...

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Historically, buyers in M&A transactions have discounted the value of a government contractor with significant revenue from small business set-aside contracts, including contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a),...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Virtual Event] 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - Life Sciences Investment Forum - January 11th, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EST

You won’t want to miss four days of exclusive, virtual events that bring together industry leaders, emerging standouts, innovators and investors from across the industry landscape at the largest healthcare investment...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Business Planning Tips: "Selling A Business? Prepare For Legal Due Diligence"

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The activity level for mergers and acquisitions in the middle market surely will recover as the world adjusts to COVID-19 and related consequences. If a business owner hopes or needs to market the business for sale, or to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Managing M&A Opportunities and Risk for Japanese Investors During COVID-19 and Beyond - June 4th, 7:00 am - 8:00 am CEST

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing unprecedented disruption to the global M&A market. Even in today’s uncertain environment, however, certain deals are still moving forward. To usher existing agreements to successful...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Tips for Conducting Effective Due Diligence in an Auction Process

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In today’s highly competitive healthcare environment, investors may find themselves in an auction process where they must conduct due diligence pre-exclusivity. With limited time and mounting pressure, it can be difficult to...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Planning Beyond The Sale Of A Business: Understanding Working Capital Adjustments

• The most common post-sale dispute involves determining the working capital of the sold business. • In planning for the sale, the parties should agree on what is a normal working capital amount, as well as the elements of...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Selling Your Business: It Starts Before the Sale

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...The sale process doesn’t happen overnight, and there are many things before the sale that can greatly impact the sale. However, positioning your business in the best possible ways for sale has a wide range of meaning....more

Downey Brand LLP

Valuation Discounts in Modern Estate Planning

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For most family business owners, the old way of discount planning has become perishable. For many years, closely-held business owners routinely heard estate planners advise them to give or sometimes sell family members’...more

Opportune LLP

Contingent Consideration: Valuing & Reporting These Two-Way Hedges for Oil & Gas Acquisitions

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Bid-ask spreads have recently been a sticking point in oil and gas deals. Sellers may feel optimistic on commodity prices or future asset performance, but buyers may be cautious, or even pessimistic, on these points. One...more

Mintz Edge

What to Do Now if You Want to Sell Your Company

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The global M&A market has remained strong from the end of 2017 into 2018. With stockholders pressuring larger companies to grow their revenues and the strong liquidity position of many companies, it is a sellers’ market. For...more

BakerHostetler

[Webinar] An M&A Primer for Software Companies - October 18th, 1:00pm ET

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When contemplating a sale of your company, your hope as a businessperson and software engineer is that you have made it as valuable as possible. From a legal perspective, there are some simple, yet important, steps to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Delaware Law Updates - 2016 Year in Review

Our Delaware Corporate and Alternative Entity Law attorneys closely followed the opinions coming from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. Our 2016 Year in Review is a collection of brief summaries of selected...more

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How Should a Government Contractor Prepare the Company for Sale?

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Whether you have decided to sell your company or have just begun considering the possibility, you will want to make the most out of your market potential. The preparation you undertake before the sale will help you maximize...more

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