Business Services

Buying or selling a business can be a stressful and uncertain process for both the successful small business and the large corporation.

Deals move quickly and clients not only need to know if they have the right information to evaluate or make an offer, but whether they have asked the right questions:

• Has the optimal structure been chosen which will maximize tax benefits while minimizing legal and regulatory hurdles?
• Has the company been properly valued, including an IP audit?
• Has there been sufficient disclosure or due diligence investigation to identify and allocate potential risks and liabilities?

Our attorneys have extensive experience with this process representing both buyers and sellers.  We can help to manage client stress and limit risk through careful pre-acquisition planning, thorough due diligence investigation, and effective drafting and negotiation of transaction and financing documents.  We are familiar with the benefits and pitfalls of all types of transactions, including the purchase or sale of stock and assets, tax-free and taxable mergers and reorganizations, strategic alliances, and teaming agreements and arrangements, as well as both debt and equity financing of such transactions.