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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