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The Process of Buying or Selling a Business: M&A Letters of Intent

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LOIs are typically entered into after discussions regarding a potential business acquisition have reached a threshold stage where both the prospective buyer and seller wish to memorialize the high-level terms of the proposed transaction.

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Earnouts: Pitfalls for the Unwary Seller

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Despite their utility, earnouts must be carefully negotiated and drafted to reduce the likelihood of future disputes and thwarted expectations, particularly in cases tied to bottom-line results, complex calculations, and/or when the target company is being integrated into the buyer’s other businesses.

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Pandemic Accelerated Tech’s Importance, But Firms Remain Poorly Prepared for Tech Future, Survey Says

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and Europe working in law firms, legal departments and business services firms. Top technologies in which firms plan to invest include e-signatures, automation of document and contract creation, collaboration tools for document and contract drafting/reviewing, document and contract workflow management, and cloud-based services.

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6 Ways to Expand Your Paralegal Education

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For instance, commercial litigation paralegals can benefit from CLEs explaining the methods of determining the appropriate type of business organization or drafting contracts.

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The Process of Buying or Selling a Business: An Introduction to the NDA

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Therefore, the potential seller should aim to sign an NDA before disclosing any information to the potential buyer; however, if the parties do not, then the potential seller should draft the NDA to ensure that it protects information disclosed prior to the execution of the NDA.

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The Process of Buying or Selling a Business: M&A Purchase Agreements

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The purchase agreement is typically drafted by the buyer’s counsel after the letter of intent has been signed and the buyer has done enough due diligence to feel confident that it wants to pursue the transaction.

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The Process of Buying or Selling a Business: An Overview

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Outside of an auction process (where the seller is fielding bids from multiple potential buyers), the buyer typically prepares the first draft of the purchase agreement after the buyer is far enough along in its due diligence process to believe it will, in fact, go through with the acquisition.