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Business Transactions Sales and Purchases PDF

Business Transactions Sales and PurchasesWith extensive experience of buying and selling a significant number of businesses and companies we are well placed to advise you.

McKenzie Law will do the legal work required to buy or sell your business.

Key legal points for a seller to consider:

  1. don't part with any commercial or technical information without getting a good confidentiality agreement in place first;
  2. get ready in advance and gather your company information, records, accounts, deeds and contracts together;
  3. take advice to structure your sale so you avoid paying unnecessary tax on your sale proceeds;
  4. the buyer will normally ask you to guarantee the information you give to them and to their advisers about your business, make sure you understand and agree exactly what you are guaranteeing and for how long.

Key points for a buyer to consider:

  1. obtain an exclusivity period from the seller in which you will have time to investigate or buy the business before it is sold to others;
  2. take advice to structure your purchase so you avoid paying unnecessary tax;
  3. make sure you ask the right questions and gather the right information before you buy;
  4. get the seller to guarantee information he has given you and upon which you have based you decision to buy.

We can handle all of this for you.

Please contact us. We look forward to your enquiry.

 
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