Sale of Shares and Businesses

Law, Practice and Agreements
4. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-414-03178-4
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 1058 Seiten, mit CD-ROM

The new edition of a comprehensive guide to the acquisition of businesses in the UK, whether the acquisition is structured by way of a purchase of shares or a purchase of assets. This title includes comments and explanations on the main issues which arise on such transactions. In addition to commentary, precedents are included in paper and electronic formats.
Coverage:

Guidance for every sale of a business
Gives guidance on every part of the sale of business so you can make sure everything is covered and nothing is missed out
Helps you draw up agreements for every type of business client using examples drawn from all sizes of transactions from the sales of small business to multi-million pound deals
Helps you represent either the buyer and the seller
Goes through both sale of shares and the sale of assets so whichever way the business is being bought, you’ll have all the right advice and correctly drafted documents to give to your clients
Start to finish advice on the process
Covers pre-acquisition or disposal of a company so you can be fully prepared for negotiations over the sale of a business
Outlines the general principles of due diligence and in particular financial and legal due diligence helping you make sure the agreement for sale is based on a true reflection of the value of the business
Gives guidance on the key components of a sale agreement so you can draft and check your documents with confidence
Includes details on warranties and indemnities so you can ensure you have made provisions for the possible problems that may arise post-sale
Covers specialist areas for example, pensions, tax and employment law issues so you’ll be able to quickly find out what the law says on these areas, if they are relevant to the agreement in hand
Draft in-line with current developments
Helps you ensure your agreements are in-line with the latest developments on company and commercial law
Updates on the final implementation of CA06
Shows how property and environmental issues may affect the sale of businesses
Full set of precedents included to save you time drafting
Includes a CD-ROM full of all the precedents related to the sale of a business including: acquisition agreements, board minutes and power of attorney precedents
Enables you to draft documents more quickly as it gives you precedents on CD-ROM to use as a basis for drafting, or to select the relevant clauses as you need them
Saves you time as you can easily find and copy the precedents and clauses you need from the CD-ROM into your own documents

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stilton, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Übernahmen & Buy-outs

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; Tables; PART 1 - PRE-ACQUISITION/DISPOSAL; 1 Deal structures - shares or assets?; 2 First Steps - Methods of Sale and Marketing; 3 Heads of terms and exclusivity; 4 Conditions precedent - consents, approvals, releases etc; 5 Due diligence - general principles; 6 Due diligence – financial; 7 Due diligence – legal; PART 2 - THE AGREEMENT; 8 Sale and purchase agreements - share sales; 9 Sale and purchase agreements - assets sales; 10 Warranties and indemnities - general principles; 11 Tax covenants, tax deeds and tax warranties; 12 Paying the purchase price - consideration structures; PART 3 - SPECIALIST AREAS; 13 Sale by Individual/Trustee Sellers – Main Tax issues; 14 Sale by Corporate Sellers – Main Tax issues; 15: Stamp duties; 16 Accounting for acquisitions; 17: Financial assistance; 18: Competition law issues; 19: Property issues; 20: Environmental issues; 21: TUPE; 22: Pensions issues; PART 4 - SPECIAL SITUATIONS; 23 Offers for unquoted companies; 24 Dealing with a lis