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Selling a Business Buy-Sell Agreements

Fox Rothschild LLP

Avoiding the ‘Highest and Worst’ Deal

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The term “Highest and Best” deal has been well-known in the bankruptcy field for many years. In a bankruptcy auction of a business or real property, the judges, trustees and creditors recognize that the better deal is not...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Expert and Author Paul Hood

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This episode features an interview with Paul Hood, an experienced estate planner, leading expert on the design and drafting of buy-sell agreements, and author of a newly published book, “Buy-Sell Agreements: The Last Will and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Getting to Closing

This is the final article in our series on selling the family business. Our previous articles include advance planning, preliminary diligence, marketing, letters of intent, indemnification provisions, backstopping the deal,...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Conflict Issues In The Sale Of Closely Held Businesses - Tensions Among Family Members

IN BRIEF - The sale of a family business or any business with multiple owners creates potential conflicts among the owners as well as potential issues for the attorney representing the sellers. Among these issues are...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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Tax Law Makes Asset Deals More Attractive for Family Business Owners

Buyers often prefer to structure family business acquisitions as taxable asset purchases. In a taxable asset purchase, the buyer is entitled to write up the basis of the seller’s assets to fair market value, and then going...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Lessons Learned in Selling the Family Business

We have represented hundreds of family businesses (as well as other privately-held businesses) in negotiating and completing successful mergers and acquisitions. We have seen important lessons learned by families selling...more

Burr & Forman

It's Time For Your Buy-Sell Checkup!

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Shareholders, Partners and/or LLC members of any closely-held or family-held company should check the buy-sell formula contained in their Shareholder Agreement (sometimes called a Buy-Sell Agreement), Partnership Agreement or...more

Franczek P.C.

Non-Compete Agreements may be Transferred and Enforced by the Successor Employer Following an Asset Purchase Sale

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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that non-compete agreements may be transferred to a successor employer through an asset sale and enforced by that successor employer against the employees who previously...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Business Succesion Planning - March 2016

The transition of a family owned or closely-held business is an important event for families. In a prior article, we covered the issues that a business owner faces in general in preparing a succession plan. This article will...more

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