Essential Steps to Sell Your Business
Strategies for Business Resilience in Uncertain Times
Best Practices for Preparing Your Company for Exit
What is Reverse Vesting and What are the Tax Considerations?
What Does "Cash Free / Debt Free" Mean?
How is Purchase Price Established?
What's Important to Get Right in the Term Sheet?
Should You Engage a Financial Advisor?
What's the Timeline for a Sale Process?
Selling Your Med Spa Practice – Key Steps To Attract a Buyer and Get the Best Price
Preparing A Company For Sale - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Building a Healthcare Practice and Preparing to Sell: Getting the Right Advice Can Make a Difference
FCA Implications for M&A Transactions
What You Need To Know About Representation and Warranty Insurance
Growth by Acquisition Important Considerations for Government Contractors, Part 2 of 2
The Exit: Everything You Need to Know but Didn’t Know to Ask about Startup Acquisitions
Selling Your Government Contract Business: Plan Today for a Stronger Tomorrow, Part 1 of 2
Legal Steps For Dentists to Follow When Buying or Selling a Practice
Top 20 Negotiation Tips: #8 and #9
The Grass is Greener: The State of the Cannabis Industry - Where Do We Go from Here?
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What's this all about? Employee participation programs – whether equity-based (ESOPs) or virtual (VSOPs) – are a standard feature for German start-ups. They’re designed to incentivize and retain talent, and they play a...more
You’ve built a great product, assembled a talented team, and maybe even caught the attention of investors or potential buyers. But your code or growth metrics will only get you so far if your company is not a compliant...more
You're invited to join us for a webinar focusing on the crucial topic of seller readiness in mergers and acquisitions. This event will feature a dynamic discussion between Manny Clark, M&A Attorney at Winstead and Eric...more
Life sciences companies (particularly early stage companies) may be attracted to an LLC holding company structure as an alternative to a typical C corporation structure to maximize both the purchase price paid by a future...more
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
Selling a business is a rigorous, time-intensive, emotional, and costly process. Business sellers are often navigating this process for the first, and only, time. This guide is designed to help ready sellers with the sale...more
By statutory law, Colorado has generally prohibited restrictive agreements except for specific exemptions. More recent legislation provides greater clarity and specificity as it relates to restrictions on noncompetition...more
To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more
In this week's episode of OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman discuss the impact of current economic uncertainty on business transactions. They share insights on how businesses can protect...more
I recently wrote about the “Gray Tsunami” and the mass numbers of Baby Boomers that will be retiring over the next few years. For Boomers, there are specific considerations that must be addressed if sale is their exit option....more
M&A over the last number of years has been “hot.” Despite slower-than-expected first quarter, we are anticipating another strong year for sell-side M&A. With stories of success, however, certain assumptions tend to follow. ...more
If you intend to sell your company or believe there may be another business or individual interested in acquiring you, it is important to prepare your business for sale or acquisition to make sure everything is in order. This...more
To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly—a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group—shares a series of conversations with M&A experts....more
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
Please join Williams Mullen attorneys David Lay and Cathy Zhang as they discuss common M&A diligence issues that emerging companies should review before pursuing an exit....more
In the complex world of business transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions (M&A), purchase price adjustments are a critical concept that help ensure fairness and accuracy in the final transaction price. Purchase...more
As one of the most heavily regulated sectors in the United States, almost no aspect of the alcohol industry is untouched by regulatory considerations, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Whether it is a venture...more
With an active mergers and acquisitions market, you may have decided that now is the right time to sell your business. Although it is an exciting endeavor, preparing to sell is a process that begins long before your company...more
When a buyer structures an M&A deal in which the seller has a continuing interest in the performance of the business being sold (whether through an earnout, rollover, issuance of buyer equity as some or all of the...more
It’s never too early to prepare an exit strategy, whether that exit is through an M&A, IPO or additional private financing. Albert Vanderlaan, Justin Yi and Samir Bakhru discuss the need for good corporate hygiene, process...more
Listen as Eric Wall and Mark Seneca break down: The re-vesting timeframe The tax treatment of compensation versus deal consideration Tax law supporting favorable tax treatment for sellers...more
Get up to speed with Ramy Shweiky and Mark Seneca on: Negotiable terms when establishing a purchase price How your purchase price is adjusted at closing Examples of debt-like items...more
Join Ramy Shweiky and Mark Seneca as they discuss the key components: Pricing factors from a buyer’s perspective Strategies to bridge gaps between buyer and seller expectations How sellers can maximize value...more
Financial advisors can add significant value in the M&A sale process, depending on your objectives and in-house capabilities. Justin Yi and Mark Seneca discuss the benefits of bringing in a banker, and when it may not be...more