Getting Bang for Your Buck: Spend Your 2025 Privacy Budget Wisely
AdvisorEsq Podcast Series - Episode 10 - Planning Ahead: The Valuation Equation
Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Physician Practice Mergers and Acquisitions – Trends in the Health Care Industry
Assessing The Value Of Early-Stage PE Investments
M&A in the Cannabis Sector
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Four: The Financialization of Agriculture with David Muth from Alternative Equity Advisors
Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors
Tips for Dentists Starting or Acquiring a Dental Practice
How to prepare for a merger and acquisition in logistics and transportation
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
An Overview of Private Equity Firm Acquisitions of Medical Practices
Ten Talks: New Pathways for Companies Looking for Capital
Why Corporate Housekeeping and Due Diligence are Serious Business for Businesses
Episode 015: Confessions of a Business Appraiser: A Conversation with Chris Mercer
Episode 1: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 1
Episode 2: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 2
Episode 10: The Marketability Discount Revisited: Interview with Greg Barber
Episode 11: Mediating Business Valuation Disputes: Conversation with Arthur Rosenbloom
Earnouts are a form of contingent consideration that the buyer of a business pays to the seller in the period following the acquisition, based on the business achieving various financial metrics related to its performance...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
• 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
...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
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
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
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
If approached properly, selling your business will rank among the most significant and rewarding moves of your career, representing the culmination of years of patience, hard work and vision. Whether you are planning a sale...more
In his recently published book, Perfect your Exit Strategy: Seven Steps to Maximum Value, Seattle investment banker Thomas Metz highlights what he sees as the top ten mistakes made by sellers of businesses. Family-owned...more
Advance planning is crucial when you decide to sell your small business. You need to be at the center of that planning. Don’t abdicate your responsibility for selling your business to your lawyer, your accountant or your...more
If you have read and acted upon the first two installments of this Client Alert series, you know the reasons why you have decided to sell your business, and you have positioned your business to be as attractive as possible to...more
Nearly every founder or executive considers selling their company at one point or another. Before embarking on the complex process, it is crucial for the company leaders – especially within the ever-evolving tech community –...more