Are you searching for an experienced San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorney? Are you buying or selling a business, corporation or healthcare entity in Southern California? A merger or acquisition requires extensive experience and legal skill. It also requires San Diego business attorneys with the savvy to manage the transaction and preserve the excitement surrounding it, while establishing and guiding a process that can lead to success.
Did you Know Harvard Business Review Notes 70% to 90% of US Acquisitions Fail
The Harvard Business Review noted in a recent article that between 70% to 90% of US business acquisitions fail. The greatest challenges noted in their research based upon multiple studies are:
Challenges integrating separate corporate cultures
Lack of appropriate due diligence
Over-Valuation (overpaying for the acquisition)
Buying or selling a business, or merging your company with another requires a proven, experienced San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorney from the Watkins Firm. Why? The first answer is simple: the vast majority of our client’s mergers and acquisitions succeed, in spite of the dismal track record across the US.
The reason is also simple: Your Watkins Firm mergers and acquisitions attorney has more than 40 years of experience and a proven track record of success in these legally and financially complex transactions. Our client’s transactions succeed precisely because of the thorough due diligence, valuation, agreements and experience we bring to your side of the transaction.
Increasing the Valuation of Your Business
Are you interested in increasing the valuation of your business? There are several steps we can help you to take that will increase the value of your company in the transaction. The Watkins Firm works with our clients to make sure the corporate entity and associated corporate documents are strong and up-to-date. The condition of the corporate entity itself and the quality of not only the business financials but the corporate documents themselves increases the value of your business entity. The method(s) used to structure the transaction itself will have a heavy impact on related taxation, and the net amount of the proceeds you will ultimately receive for your business.
Your Experienced San Diego Mergers and Acquisitions Attorney Increases the Probability of a Successful Transaction
Your experienced San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorney from the Watkins Firm contributes at every step of the process. It doesn’t matter if you are a buyer, seller or merging your company with another: the elements of a successful transaction must be present if you want a successful outcome.
For example, have you considered the value of locking in key personnel as part of the transaction? What about principal customers, existing contracts and even the state of the vertical market and/or products and services associated with the transaction? Is this genuinely a viable opportunity or has there been a significant change in the market, products or services and/or customer issues which need to be carefully scrutinized and quantified?
If you are selling, we know how to help you to prepare in order to maximize genuine valuation.
If you are merging with or acquiring another business entity, we have extensive, battle-tested and proven proprietary due diligence checklists, processes and supporting documents and contracts that ensure a thorough analysis and documentation of all important elements of the target in question. We help to confirm and lock in important elements of the transaction. We identify potential challenges as well as contingent liability. We work with our clients to develop a strategy to ensure not only a smooth business transaction, but a successful transition through and after to ensure continuity of business and associated goodwill.
One of the most important considerations necessary to protect the seller is a limitation of future liabilities. Most businesspeople want to ensure that once the transaction is completed they are genuinely free to move on to their next project without concern for contingent liability arising out of their former company.
Do you want to substantially increase the odds of success in your San Diego or Southern California merger or acquisition? This is why preparing and selling your San Diego business, merging your organization with another or buying an existing company requires an experienced San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorney from the Watkins Firm.
Experience matters. How much do you value a proven track record of success when most others (between 70% to 90%) fail?
The Transition is another Key to Success in a Merger or Acquisition
This transition is another key to success: how do you transition through the merger or acquisition as new ownership and management step in? There may be a cross-over period where the present owner(s) or manager(s) serve as an executive or consultant and remain active in the business to ensure a smooth transition and the preservation of business assets and customer relationships. How will these transitional roles be compensated for that work, and when will it be completed?
At the Watkins Firm we have helped scores of business clients to successfully complete a merger or acquisition over more than four decades of experience and service to the San Diego business community.
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. We will discuss the process itself, the critical steps for you as a seller, a buyer and/or a merging partner as well as the potential pitfalls associated with these legally and financially complex transactions. What are the best possible strategies to ensure that you come through the process with the highest probability of success and positioned to move forward into the next phase of your business or personal life? Ask about our successful experience in transactions just like yours.
