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Asset Purchase Transaction: Pros & Cons

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The advantages to the buyer of purchasing assets, as opposed to buying stock, can be considerable. First, with an asset purchase transaction, as opposed to a stock sale, a buyer can go a long way toward eliminating the risk of being saddled with the target’s company’s unwanted and unknown liabilities. Second, if the target company …Read more

Asset Purchase Transactions Checklist

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Perhaps the most common form of merger and acquisition is the asset purchase transaction.  In this type of transaction, the buyer identifies the specific assets of the target company that it wishes to purchase and carves out those assets from the target’s portfolio of assets.  Frequently, any liabilities associated with the purchased assets are assumed …Read more

Merger & Acquisitions Best Practices

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According to a recent Wall Street Journal survey mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are poised to increase in 2013. See the WSJ press release.  The Journal’s survey, which tilts towards Silicon Valley and Northern California, indicates that deal makers attribute the potential for increased M&A activity throughout the remainder of 2013 and into 2014 to the …Read more