When do you need to speak with the San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at the Watkins Firm? Are you searching for experienced, proven San Diego and Southern California mergers and acquisitions attorneys? What should you look for as you approach a merger, asset purchase or stock purchase acquisition?
Merger, Asset Purchase or Stock Purchase
Are you considering or about to enter into a merger, asset purchase or stock purchase acquisition transaction? What is the difference between a stock purchase transaction and an asset purchase? How does one company merge with another? What are the steps of these legally and financially complex transactions?
Asset Purchase Contract – Buying the Asset(s) of Another Company
Do you have questions regarding a San Diego asset purchase agreement or the acquisition of another company’s assets? Asset purchase contracts are much more legally complex than they might appear. This is why it is important to work with the San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at the Watkins Firm. We have guided our clients through thousands of these transactions across more than 40 years of service to the San Diego and Southern California business communities.
This is not simply a matter of the conveyance of title and an agreed upon purchase price. There are substantial issues of contingent liabilities, clear title, due diligence and ensuring proper conveyance of actual title to the assets in question. The asset purchase attorneys at the Watkins Firm conduct due diligence to ensure the property or asset(s) you intend to purchase are free of encumbrance and the seller possesses clear title. If there is any underlying financing, it may be necessary to negotiate an assumption of that liability.
Generally speaking an asset purchase contract allows a buyer to acquire needed business assets from a competitor or another business without assuming unnecessary risks and unknown contingent liabilities of the business itself. Properly structured, an asset purchase agreement should allow your company to expand your company’s assets and capacity while restructuring the tax basis of the asset(s) you intend to acquire. The structural details of the transaction can and will have a substantial impact on profitability and associated liabilities downstream.
Merger and Stock Purchase Transaction
If you are considering a merger or stock purchase transaction you need the experienced, seasoned advice, counsel and services of the San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at the Watkins Firm. These complex transactions require extensive due diligence, investigation and documentation.
We have more than 40 years of proven successful mergers and acquisitions transactions here in Southern California. After working on more than a thousand of these comprehensive acquisitions, we have developed our own proprietary due diligence process and checklist documents as well as a library of merger or stock purchase transaction contracts. This allows us to take a battle-tested proven agreement and carefully craft it to your unique application(s). The ultimate stock purchase agreement between the parties is a legally and financially complex document which must be meticulously crafted to protect your interests.
The process to modify a proven, successful existing contract from our extensive library saves our clients a substantial amount of time and money while ensuring the contract guiding this extensive process is thorough and enforceable in every detail.
We assist in due diligence and negotiations at every step of the process. We also help create, edit and/or review all documents and details associated with the transaction including any loan or debt assumption.
Intellectual property presents additional opportunities and risk. Our IP attorneys carefully research the intellectual property you intend to purchase to ensure its viability and existing IP protections. If the asset purchase is not researched, evaluated, documented and properly structured you expose yourself to needless risk, tax and contingent liabilities.
San Diego Mergers and Acquisitions Attorneys with more than 40 Years of Proven, Successful Experience
If you are searching for San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys for an asset purchase, merger or stock purchase transaction consider the Watkins Firm. We contribute more than 40 years of proven, successful experience and knowledge to your side of the equation. We protect our clients from risk while helping to facilitate their goals and objectives for the transaction at hand.
If you have questions regarding a merger or acquisition in San Diego or Southern California we invite you to review our podcast, Episode 13 – Mergers and Acquisitions, the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today. Our experienced mergers and acquisitions attorneys provide sound counsel and cost-effective services.
