M&A Nugget: The Best Fit

Most business transitions are accomplished by a sale to a third party.  The merger and acquisition is, however, one of…

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M&A Nugget: Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Law – an old adage typically restated as “anything that can go wrong will go wrong”. The origin of…

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M&A Nugget: As The World Turns

It is no secret that with the combination of a strong economy, many baby-boomers approaching retirement age and the accumulation of cash by buyers, M&A activity has been in a frenzy. 

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M&A Nugget: The Evolving NDA

What is the first agreement a purchaser and target should sign in the transaction process?  The Non-Disclosure Agreement, or NDA.  In its simplest form, the NDA protects confidential information that is exchanged from being used other than for purposes of evaluating the transaction.  Over time, NDAs have evolved and become more complicated…

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M&A Nugget: Manage It

My October 31, 2018 Nugget discussed Transition Service Agreements, or TSAs, by which the seller continues to manage the operations for a temporary period of time after closing because the parties desire to close the transaction prior to the time the buyer is ready to take over.

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