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Securing supply in disruptive times – Ways to set up and adapt strategic sourcing agreements

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Driven by transformation trends and geopolitical volatilities, companies must reshape their sourcing strategies. Across all manufacturing sectors the focus is shifting towards securing access to vital technologies and scarce...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Beyond the Prompt: How Agentic AI is Reshaping Business and Law

Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems capable of autonomously pursuing goals without requiring constant human intervention. Unlike traditional reactive AI – designed to respond to human prompts – agentic AI...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Navigating Tariff Risks in Construction Contracts

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In recent months, changes to tariff laws have had a significant impact on the construction industry. With looming disruptions to global supply chains and material costs rising, there are a number of commercial and legal...more

Goodwin

Crafting a Competitive LOI in Lower Middle Market M&A

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In the lower middle market — typically deals between $10 million and $100 million — the letter of intent (LOI) serves as a pivotal document that sets the tone for the transaction, shapes the seller’s expectations, and...more

Jaburg Wilk

In Life and Business Compromise is a Hard Truth Worth Embracing

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After years of practicing law, I’ve learned one immutable truth: compromise isn’t just a strategy, it is what keeps deals and relationships alive. Every day, I watch business owners and leaders who think they can strong-arm...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How Businesses Can Prepare Now for an Evolving Tariff Future

As the adage goes, you can’t change the wind, but you can adjust the sails. Manufacturers and other businesses engaged in cross-border transactions should adjust their sails to proactively address the uncertain tariff...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Making Lemonade from Lemons: A Mortgage Lender's Guide to Successful Loan Workouts, Part 3

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If you are a mortgage lender who followed the recommendations in the first two articles in this series, then you have performed due diligence on your mortgage portfolio and have taken note of the many options that are...more

Winstead PC

Entity Formation as a Process: The Strategic Importance of Carefully Drafting Limited Liability Company Agreements Before Forming...

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From early-stage startups to seasoned enterprises, businesses eventually form at least one legal entity to carry out their operations. Down the road, as opportunities arise for a business to expand, acquire others, merge, or...more

Goodwin

Ten Issues to Consider When Acquiring a Food Business

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The food industry is generally considered recession-resistant and less susceptible to economic downturns than other sectors, making it an attractive investment for private equity firms seeking stable returns. The increasing...more

Miller Canfield

Asset Sale or Share Sale? Key Considerations About the Legal and Employment Implications

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When it comes to selling a business, there are two primary methods: an asset sale and a share sale. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is important to understand the key legal differences between the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Critical Considerations before Drawing up a Founders’ Agreement

When a group forms to establish a joint venture, the first legal document they should draft is a founders’ agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to define the conditions under which the entrepreneurs will establish a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Why Small and Midsize Businesses May Turn to Seller Financing Amid the Pandemic

In the coming months, be on the lookout for an increase in mergers and acquisitions financed by sellers. As recently as February, the small and midsize business segment was experiencing increasing purchase price multiples...more

WilmerHale

COVID-19: Assessing Seller-Initiated M&A Litigation Amid the Pandemic

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The economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused certain companies to rethink previously agreed-upon strategic transactions. Other companies, determined to close, have filed suit to compel wavering...more

BCLP

France COVID-19 - Hardship, Force Majeure and Anticipatory Breach Provoked by the Health Emergency

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The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented crisis, throwing companies into uncertainty as to the fate of their contractual commitments. In response to the legitimate questions raised by such situation, many articles...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Coronavirus Impact on M&A and Other Strategic Corporate Transactions

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The myriad and rapidly evolving impacts of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, are being felt across society—in the healthcare system, employment, politics and the economy. Those involved in corporate...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

10 Trends in Physician Practice Transactions to Track in 2020

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By all accounts, 2019 proved to be another year of significant investment by private equity firms in the physician practice space. Below we discuss 10 trends we observed as counsel on a number of these transactions during...more

Carlton Fields

The Hurricane is Coming in Five Days - Are We Ready for This?

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On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane. At the time, it was the third most intense hurricane that ever struck the United States. Andrew had sustained winds of 149...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Goat Subcontracting (Yes, We Said “Goat Subcontracting”) Grievance Highlights Importance of Strategic Collective Bargaining

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If you work in a unionized workplace, surely the union at one point or another has “gotten your goat.” Well, the goats are now getting their revenge, and a union doesn’t like it. '...more

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