Share sale or business sale? 6: how to deal with business contracts
This Guide explains a bit further some of the problems that come with trying to transfer your business contracts, and gives some guidance on how they need to be dealt with in a business sale as opposed to a share sale.
Share sale or business sale? 5: Getting your ducks in order – How to properly transfer different types of asset in a business sale
How to draft a business sale agreement so that the various different types of assets which the buyer has agreed to buy from the selling company end up being properly transferred
Share sale or business sale? 4: What liabilities is the buyer taking on?
This fourth Guide in my series about the differences between share sales and business sales focusses on some of the things to think about based on what liabilities the buyer might be taking over as part of the sale.
8 pitfalls business owners looking to sell their company should avoid. An OnHand Counsel Introductory Guide
This Introductory Guide will help business owners who want to sell their business to anticipate and navigate 8 common pitfalls
8 pitfalls business owners looking to sell their company should avoid
This Guide will help business owners who want to sell their business to anticipate and navigate 8 common pitfalls
Company sale pitfalls: marketing your company for sale
Here are a number of tips on how to go about marketing your company for sale to get the best possible deal
Company sale pitfalls: Failing to plan for an exit
Thinking of selling your company one day? The importance of having clear objectives and exit plans.
Company sale pitfalls: Not getting paid – the deferred payment
How can you reduce the risks or protect yourself if any of the purchase price on a share sale is to be deferred, whether on the pretext of an earn-out deal or not?
I overpaid because you lied to me
Nov 2018 I’m not into football much myself but this recent Court of Appeal case relating to the sale of Nottingham Forest FC raises interesting non-football-related legal issues about how sellers can try to wriggle free from being liable for making lies which persuade buyers to buy.
The importance of checking your contracts
12/6/18 3 related articles here...Whilst it’s nice to be able to put a written business contract away in a drawer once it’s been negotiated and signed, a few recent cases highlight the importance of making sure you carefully read and follow any procedures they may provide for.