New Edition of BNA Portfolio on Negotiated Acquisitions

ARLINGTON, Va., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The purchase and sale of businesses presents "some of the most varied and formidable challenges in the world of law," according to the authors of a new edition of the BNA portfolio, Negotiated Acquisitions, released this month.

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George M. Taylor, of Burr & Forman LLP; Robert T. Harper, of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC; and Scott Whittaker, of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC, are co-authors of the new portfolio, which is part of BNA's acclaimed Corporate Practice Library.  Business organizations and their attorneys will benefit from the portfolio's discussion of the planning requirements and transactional mechanics of acquiring a company through a negotiated acquisition.

The authors' discussion applies primarily to the acquisition of privately held companies by other privately held companies, for such transactions tend to be heavily negotiated. After identifying the players and their roles in pre-acquisition planning, the portfolio provides an overview of the transaction, considering the possible structures available, and the tax, securities law, and accounting issues involved. The authors then examine the due diligence investigation, explore the government's regulatory concerns, discuss the actual negotiations and the closing of the deal, and look at some of the issues raised in particular transactions.

The portfolio's worksheets include samples of a broker agreement, letter of intent, expression of interest, and a due diligence review information request. Also included are additional sample agreements and full text of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Improvements Act of 1976.

Negotiated Acquisitions is Portfolio No. 61-3rd in BNA's Corporate Practice Library, a comprehensive print and Web-based information service designed to provide corporate counsel with in-depth analysis and practical materials relating to areas of the law that frequently require attention by in-house counsel.

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