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Navigating the New Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax: Strategic Asset Allocation and Its Impact on M&A

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The new corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) creates incentives for large companies to allocate more value to amortizing intangible assets and less value to assets like goodwill that do not amortize for book purposes. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Pillars of Due Diligence

Mergers and acquisitions activity is significantly influenced by economic conditions. Factors such as gross domestic product growth, interest rates and market volatility create an undeniable influence on deal volume. When...more

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Hindsight in the Resolution of Purchase Price Disputes and the Accounting Standards Codification’s (ASC) “Subsequent Events”...

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Accountants (or auditors in particular) are the benefactors of hindsight and get to put it to use every time they are engaged to opine on a company’s financial statements. Namely, that period from the date of the financial...more

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GAAP Compliance and an M&A Selling Party’s Closing Date Balance Sheet

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Post-acquisition Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) disputes are often caused by the timing of a transaction closing and the subsequent true-up of the estimated closing date balance sheet. However, with adequate planning and...more

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Accounting in M&A Deals – Navigating the Numbers

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A key to success for any growth company is navigating the numbers, with success and visibility in accounting and finance, preferably up and to the right. Nowadays, companies are experiencing accounting challenges as they...more

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SEC Adopts Significant Amendments to Improve Financial Disclosures Regarding Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

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In an attempt to improve the financial information presented to investors in connection with many M&A transactions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted highly anticipated...more

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SEC Streamlines Financial Statements Requirements in Connection with M&A Transactions

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On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to streamline the financial statement disclosures that are required in connection with acquisition and disposition...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Amend Financial Disclosures Regarding M&A Transactions

The SEC has proposed rule amendments that revise required financial disclosure upon the acquisition and disposition of businesses in M&A transactions....more

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New IFRS and U.S. GAAP Lease Accounting Rules Impact M&A Transactions

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The Situation: New rules for the accounting of operating leases will come into force under the International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") in 2019. The...more

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Impacts of Tax Reform on a Company's Financial Statement

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Recent tax legislation, generally referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), will have a significant impact on financial statement reporting. The Act was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and the financial...more

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Impact of Recent Tax Legislation on M&A Transactions

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This post outlines at a high-level certain provisions under the recently enacted 2017 tax legislation (Pub. L. 115-97, the “Tax Act”) that may affect M&A Transactions. Some of these rules are very complex, particularly in...more

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Global Private Equity Newsletter - Spring 2017 Edition: Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes: Drafters Beware

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It is common practice for purchase agreements in private company M&A transactions to contain one set of rules to determine and resolve disputes regarding a post-closing purchase price adjustment and a separate, often vastly...more

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Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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