Purchase and Sale of the Business

Many small enterprises begin with the acquisition of an already existing business. Such transactions may be difficult for many legal clinics to handle because of the many tax and contractual issues that are likely to arise.

It is impossible to provide an M&A primer to users of this Web site. However, a few asset acquisition agreements have been collected at Purchase and Sale.These should help the clinic to decide if it has the competence to handle a purchase, or sale, or whether it would be prudent to refer the client to an attorney specializing in such work.