Are you considering mergers and acquisitions with a stock purchase in San Diego or Southern California? A stock purchase transaction allows you to purchase a company, take ownership of a competitor, or acquire a subsidiary of a large US corporation which might no longer fit into the parent company’s short...
Buy a Company Through a Stock Purchase
One proven strategy to grow your San Diego business is to buy a company through a stock purchase. A stock purchase is a much more complex legal and financial transaction than an asset purchase, which allows you to purchase specific fixed assets or the goodwill of another company. What are...
Stock Purchase or Asset Purchase – Which is Best?
Should you consider a stock purchase or asset purchase – which is best to acquire a San Diego or Southern California business? There are two primary methods to acquire a company, corporation, or any part thereof: a “stock purchase” or an “asset purchase”. Each strategy has advantages and areas of...
San Diego Stock Purchase Attorney
Are you searching for a proven San Diego stock purchase attorney with more than 40 years of successful mergers and acquisitions experience in Southern California? The Watkins Firm provides proprietary contracts and due diligence checklists refined across four decades in successful M & A transactions. Recent studies and articles in...
Business Bankruptcy May Create an Acquisition Opportunity
Did you know business bankruptcy may create an acquisition opportunity to grow and expand your successful San Diego or Southern California business? Bankruptcy actually makes many companies an acquisition target which could represent a valuable addition to your company. Formerly bankrupt companies in San Diego and in other markets across...
Branding in California Mergers
It is important to deal with branding in California mergers. As businesses in California that have been through a merger know, there are a lot of issues to be dealt with when companies merge. One issue that may not be considered from the outset is branding. However, this marketing technique...
Ultra Agrees to Business Acquisition of a Division of San Diego Defense and Security Company Kratos
San Diego defense and security company Kratos has decided to sell its Electronic Products Division to Ultra Electronics Holdings, PLC in a cash transaction valued at $265 Million. Kratos’ board of directors views the transaction as the culmination and conclusion of “a detailed and thorough strategic alternatives review” completed late...
San Diego tech company reaches merger deal
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, December 13, 2013. A San Diego technology company recently issued a major announcement regarding a Pittsburgh tech firm. The two businesses have reached a merger agreement, they said, in which our city’s Reaction Design will be integrated with Ansys, an engineering software...
Ways the coming airline mergers may affect California fliers
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. The United States government has recently given its blessing to the proposed merger of two major airlines, American Airlines and US Airways. Anytime such mergers are given clearance for take-off, customers may have some questions concerning how it may...