No Merger or IPO exits for venture backed companies
The downturn in the financial markets has another victim – exits are way down for venture backed companies. Dow Jones VentureSource reported Tuesday that mergers and acquisitions activity and initial...
View ArticleOil and Gas Shortages to ease in Southeast
In the wake of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, gasoline supplies have been incredibly tight in the American Southeast because refineries throughout the Gulf region were shut down due to a combination of...
View ArticleCitigroup and Wachovia deal falling apart as Wells Fargo steps in
I had to re-read this alert twice, it was so surprising. Citigroup is pushing hard, with the support of regulators, to finalize its $2.2 billion asset purchase agreement (samples linked, actual...
View ArticleCitigroup – Wachovia Exclusivity Agreement Dispute
There were some major developments over the weekend in the attempted Citigroup acquisition of Wachovia’s banking operations. Wells Fargo stepped in on Thursday with what many consider to be a superior...
View ArticleCarl Icahn and ImClone pull off $6 billion merger agreement with Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to buy ImClone Systems Inc. in an agreement and plan of merger (link is to sample merger agreements, as the Eli Lilly – ImClone merger agreement hasn’t been made public...
View Article$85 billion about cover it? Nope – AIG needs another $38 billion for now
Last month the Federal Reserve loaned AIG $85 billion for two years in return for a hefty interest rate and a warrant agreements to purchase 80% of AIG. The objective was to give AIG enough breathing...
View ArticleAsset Purchase Agreements vs Stock Purchase Agreements
We were contemplating acquiring a small legal content provider in our space with an unusual set of circumstances surrounding its capital structure. As we were working through fit and valuation issues,...
View ArticleEmployment Agreements in a Down Market
We’re in the process of adding another web developer to our talented team, and we thought it made sense to update our employment agreements. Of course, in doing this we have an advantage since one of...
View ArticleConsulting Agreements for Small Business
At our business (Practice Technologies Inc, a technology and content provider for law firms and business professionals), we’ve recently updated our consulting services agreements in conjunction with...
View ArticleManufacturing Contracts and Agreements for Legal and Business Professionals
We get a ton of visitors to our sites looking for templates for manufacturing contracts and agreements, as well as supply agreements. The reason is pretty straight-forward – we have thousands of these...
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