If you are buying or selling a San Diego business you should work with the attorneys at the Watkins Firm who have almost four decades of experience in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as the sale of a business. These transactions are legally quite complex, and there...
An Asset Purchase Agreement is a Powerful Acquisitions Tool
An asset purchase agreement is a powerful acquisitions tool in San Diego and Southern California. The asset purchase agreement allows your business to acquire the specific business assets, intellectual property, real estate and even customers of a competitor or complimentary business. This is one of the fastest and most effective...
Our San Diego Mergers and Acquisitions Attorneys Increase Success
Our San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys increase success rates of our client’s acquisitions. Research varies from one source to another, but regardless of the source studies have shown 60 to 85 percent of mergers fail in the United States. Some of the theories behind a failed merger include poor...
Managing The Potential Risks of an Asset Purchase
What are some of the potential risks of an asset purchase in a San Diego or Southern California business transaction? Why do so many asset purchase contracts wind up in litigation? Why is it important to seek the advice and counsel of the business transaction and acquisitions attorneys at the...
Why Due Diligence is the Critical Step in any Business Acquisition
Are you wondering why due diligence is the critical step in any business acquisition? The failure to conduct thorough due diligence is the primary reason mergers and/or business acquisitions fail. Mergers and acquisitions are not simply big words; they are often complex deals that involve extensive preparation, long negotiations and...
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...