This QuickCounsel discusses the transaction terms Earn-Outs and MAE Conditions in mergers and acquisitions transactions at a high-level with a view to how buyers and sellers/targets are likely to view and negotiate these terms.
This articles describes the criteria for a transfer of undertaking when planning a merger, acquisition or division of a business in the Netherlands.
This Top Ten relates to questions the leadership of organizations should ask when beginning nonprofit merger discussions.
This article is a practical guide to understanding merger regimes in multiple jurisdictions.
This article discusses the Australian law implications of the acquisition of an Australian resident's shares of a non-Australian company by a European company.
Transactional legal opinions, whether for financings, mergers and acquisitions or securities deals, require lawyers to draft tens of pages to opine on matters that take half a page. Why the assumptions? Why the qualifications? Why the trouble? The panel will review and discuss standard structures to legal opinions, what to request when you are the addressee and what to avoid when drafting. Should in-house lawyers provide opinions? What deals should you never opine on? The panel will give its opinion on opinions to further your opinion.
The nature of the acquisition, the nature of the seller and the importance of the real estate assets to the transaction often will guide the scope and nature of the due diligence of real estate assets in the acquisition of a business.
This is a sample list of lease issues that occur in real estate due diligence in mergers and acquisitions transactions.
This article briefly discusses the importance of real estate in different scenarios.
This panel will provide an overview of the issues practitioners should be aware of and investigate as part of the due diligence process in a mergers and acquisition transaction. Take home practical information on identifying and mitigating the risks associated with the acquisition of real estate. Topics to be covered include how to evaluate leases that may be acquired in connection with a transaction and particular provisions to be aware of; environmental issues and the potential exposure resulting from them; subleases; the effect of lis pendens and other liens — and liabilities –– that can result from real estate, as well as strategies for addressing them.