Need help with a Mergers and Acquisitions matter?

You've come to the right place.  If you are considering expanding or trimming your business, a mergers & acquisitions lawyer can help.

Mergers & Acquisitions ("M&A") lawyers help strategize, negotiate, and execute transactions where two or more businesses combine into a single new entity (“merger”), or where one business purchases another (“acquisition”).

Use FindLaw to hire a local mergers & acquisitions lawyer to help with friendly or contested acquisitions, spin-offs, or defensive planning.


Mergers & Acquisitions Definitions

Cash Merger: (n) a merger in which shareholders in the company to be absorbed receive cash for their shares rather than shares in the absorbing company [a tender offer to be followed by a cash merger].

Short-form Merger: (n) an accelerated statutory merger between a subsidiary and a parent corporation that controls a large specified majority of shares in the subsidiary.

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