M & A Nuggets
M&A Nugget: Cyber Insurance – The Tail
As data breaches have become larger (think Equifax, Target, and Yahoo) and more frequent, buyers and sellers should pay more…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: The #MeToo Representation
The representations and warranties in an acquisition agreement customarily include a section on labor and employment matters, including statements that…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: FinTech
The FinTech, or Financial Technology, industry is exploding. According to CB Insights, FinTech startups received $17.4 billion dollars in funding…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: Purchaser’s Non-Compete?
Every agreement for the purchase and sale of a business worth its salt contains restrictions on the seller’s ability to…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: Related Party Transactions
It is important that the purchaser investigate related party transactions when conducting due diligence. A related party transaction is a…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: Licenses – Odds and Ends
When acquiring a business, it is important to understand the licenses needed to operate that business. Some licenses, such as…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: A Purchaser’s Representation and Warranties
The seller’s representations and warranties in the agreement for the purchase and sale of a business usually comprise many pages.…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: Antitrust Update
A previous nugget discussed the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which requires that parties to a merger of a certain size report the…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: A Good Memorial Day For Banks
As a result of the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, the law known as the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act…
Read MoreM&A Nugget: Every Word Matters
This Nugget is for those English majors out there. In a purchase agreement, every word matters. The omission of a…
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