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The M&A Lawyer Blog Publishes Forms Database

The M&A Lawyer

In this light, The M&A Lawyer Blog has created an M&A forms database consisting of carefully curated, high quality forms and precedent created by top law firm attorneys, including purchase agreements, merger agreements, escrow agreements, closing certificates, consents and more. No gap period between signing and closing.

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M&A Blog #13 – sell-side acquisition (execution)

Francine Way

The seller’s advisors will pitch the target company, highlighting the most attractive elements of the opportunity, the target’s performance and market position, the investment thesis and fit with the prospective buyer, the details of the sales process, and next steps. It is to the seller’s best interest that the deal close quickly.

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M&A Blog #11 – buy-side acquisition

Francine Way

Thus far in the last 10 blog posts, we have discussed what M&A is, its success metrics, types of acquirers and value creations, capital structure, debt, and equity. In Blog #02 of the M&A series, we discussed SWOT analysis. and (4) support long-term business strategy. and (4) support long-term business strategy.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell. Once a sale has been decided, the process to look for a new owner is pretty well established.

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M&A Blog #10 – equity (accretion / dilution)

Francine Way

The acquisition will be 100% cash, paid for with debt at 4% interest rate.

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M&A Blog #24 - Merger Relative Valuation

Francine Way

It has been roughly three years since my last blog post at the completion of my fellowship. To pick up where we last left off with valuation, I will cover the topic of a Merger Relative Valuation in this blog post and move on to other non-valuation topics from here. Time certainly did fly by when one was having fun.

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M&A Blog #19 – valuation (Leveraged Buy Out - LBO)

Francine Way

Capex as % of Sales = - Capital Expenditures / Revenue. Proceeds at Sale = Equity to Sponsor calculated earlier. Total Cash Flows to Sponsor = Initial Equity Investment + Dividends + Proceeds at Sale. Principal Repayment at Sale = Unsecured Debt Ending Balance from the last year’s go-forward debt-interest schedule.

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