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.
Share sale or business sale? 3: What are you trying to sell?
Differences between share and business sales #3: What are you actually trying to sell (ie what are you selling and how do you transfer it?)
Share sale or business sale #2: Who or what is selling?
Do you know the differences between a share sale and a business sale? This Guide focusses on some of the things to think about based on who or what is doing the selling.
Selling your business or your company #1: What’s the difference?
When first speaking to company owners who are thinking of selling up, I am often surprised by how many of them have not thought about the many differences between a company sale (ie selling the shares in a company) and a business sale (ie a company selling its business and assets as a going concern). And even when speaking to quite savvy business owners or accountants and other professional advisors I am often surprised at how they have not appreciated some of the differences between these two types of deals.
So, in this series of Guides, I am going to explain lots of ways in which company sales and business sales are different, which you should ideally be aware of if you are a business owner who might ever want to sell (or buy) a business (or a company…).
Company sale pitfalls: not getting paid – getting shares in the buyer instead of cash
A few things to think about if you are offered shares in the buyer as part of the price for selling your company
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