Mergers & Acquisitions
Our firm has advised both buyers and sellers in a large number of M&A transactions, both share and asset deals, in various industries and to diverse degrees of complexity, from the mere sale and purchase of shares to transactions with adjustable price on earn-out basis, and from selective asset purchases to transfers of a whole business as a going concern. Our services in this area include:
- Due Diligence (complete or limited to certain aspects sought for by the Client);
- Incorporation of vehicles needed for the M&A transaction (see Companies and Corporate Governance);
- Temporary domiciliation (see Companies and Corporate Governance);
- Drafting the Merger Plan (except the accounting and financial part) and all necessary corporate documents;
- Transaction structuring; Step-by-step methods for structuring transactions from tax, regulatory, corporate, competition, human resources, commercial contracts and real estate perspectives and other transactional matters;
- Negotiation and drafting of transaction documents; Solutions to real-life M & A problems as they arise during negotiations;
- Closing assistance;
- Post-signing assistance (fulfillment of conditions precedent, operation of escrow accounts etc.);
- Regulatory matters, pre- and post-transaction;
- Employment legal matters, pre- and post transaction;
- Issuing of independent legal opinions re. completion of certain transaction stages.
