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Methods To Allocate Tariff-Related Risks in M&A Agreements

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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

Mintz

Seller Considerations When Negotiating a Letter of Intent

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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

Woodruff Sawyer

R&W Insurance: What to Know About Sell-Side Policies

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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

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Eleven Concepts Business Teams Need to Know About Indemnification and Protection in Private Company M&A: Cutting Through the...

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

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5 Things to Address in Advertising Platform Agreements

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A while back, I wrote an article titled “3 Things to Address in Digital Media Agreements,” which focused on issues related to the purchase or sale of ad space on different media channels (e.g., websites and mobile...more

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What Representations & Warranties Insurance Can Do for Your M&A Deals in Latin America

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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

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Dismisses Breach Of Contract Claims Against Buyer, Finding Seller Retained Post-Closing Liability...

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On April 3, 2023, Vice Chancellor Nathan A. Cook of the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed the breach of contract claims by one pharmaceutical company (the “Seller”) against another (the “Buyer”) in connection with the Buyer’s...more

Gray Reed

Delaware: A Confirmed Pro-Sandbagging Jurisdiction

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In an opinion of significance to M&A Practitioners, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently made it clear that Delaware law allows a buyer in an acquisition to “sandbag” a seller if the acquisition agreement allows for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Impact of COVID-19 on M&A Transactions - Part 2: Deal Terms

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption, distress and uncertainty for companies across almost every industry. While this initially resulted in a substantial slow-down in the M&A market, transactional activity is...more

Carlton Fields

Valuing Income Statement Breaches in Transactional Insurance Claims

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Once it has been determined that a breach of a financial statement representation in an acquisition agreement has occurred—specifically with respect to an identified income statement—the question arises as to the quantum of...more

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Identifying and Addressing Environmental Issues in Petroleum Marketing Agreements (“Presentation”)

The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association Environmental Workshop was held on August 30th in Little Rock. I undertook a presentation titled: Identifying and Addressing Environmental Issues in Petroleum Marketing...more

Brooks Pierce

The Best of Intentions: Letters of Intent in the Sale of a Business

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The sale of a business often takes several months and generates huge amounts of paperwork. The process culminates in a purchase agreement typically exceeding fifty single-spaced pages full of dense wording....more

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