Selling your company or buying another one is often the biggest transaction of an owner's career. We represent buyers and sellers of privately held businesses and guide them from first offer to closing. Across our practice, we advise clients in deals ranging from a few hundred thousand to a few million dollars.
What we handle
Deal structure: asset purchases, stock or membership interest purchases, mergers and joint ventures.
Letters of intent: negotiating price, structure and key terms before the deal is papered.
Due diligence: organizing a seller's records, or reviewing a target's contracts, liabilities and IP for a buyer.
Purchase agreements: drafting and negotiating the purchase agreement and closing documents.
Closing and after: employment, consulting and transition agreements for owners and key staff.
Who we work with
Owners selling their businesses, companies buying competitors or suppliers, and partners buying each other out, across consumer products, wholesale, technology, restaurants, apparel and e-commerce.
Common questions
What's the difference between an asset sale and a stock sale?
In an asset sale the buyer picks which assets and liabilities it takes. In a stock sale the buyer takes the whole company, including its liabilities. Each choice has different tax and risk consequences.
Is a letter of intent binding?
Usually only in part. Price and deal terms are often non-binding, while confidentiality and exclusivity provisions typically are binding.
Thinking about buying or selling? Talk to us early, before the letter of intent is signed.