Trace Gordon 
Knowing all the terms involved in mergers and acquisitions is vital to having a successful outcome. Merger arbitrage is often used as a strategy in M&As in virtually every sector of the business world.
Given the rise of services as application software (SaaS) and cloud-based apps where employees, suppliers, and customers all generate, store, access, utilize, or consume data constantly, data governance is a more critical initiative than ever. Without oversight and accountability, the wrong data could be generated and the right data could be lost, severely disrupting business … Read more
Hardly a week goes by without a news story of another data breach or hack. Whether it’s mischief caused by professional hackers, amateurs causing chaos for fun, foreign nationals looking to breach government or military computers, or serious cybercriminals intent on holding a network hostage with ransomware, breaches happen frequently, and it’s a dangerous world … Read more
The bull and the bear are animals whose names are used to indicate trends in the stock market, not to mention the entire financial world as well. Although there are many tales about how these two animals became associated with the financial world, the most popular explanation draws from how they attack — the bull … Read more
Knowing what an RFP is and how to write an RFP is key for any company that needs to effectively solicit products, goods or other services from a third-party company.
When working with a healthcare M&A, knowing how mergers and acquisitions work is only half the battle. Learning the nuances of healthcare M&As will help anybody who is involved in any sort of a healthcare merger.
Knowing what to do while negotiating an M&A deal is as important as knowing what not to do. Knowing some important negotiation tactics is key to achieving the outcome you want from the deal.
The word “copyright” is a frequently used term, though many people don’t know exactly what it means. A work that is protected by a copyright (anything of such is referred to as “copyrighted material”) can be a very valuable item indeed, even if it’s not a tangible item. Knowing what a copyright is, how copyright … Read more
Investment banking is highly complex. Whether an M&A, private equity, divestiture, recapitalization, bankruptcy or any liquidity event, it’s not simply the C-Suite of the companies involved who must review documents and financial statements. Dozens of external bankers, lawyers, accountants, advisors, consultants and other professionals — from all sides of the transaction — must also be … Read more
Mergers and acquisitions (commonly abbreviated as M&As) are a type of legal transaction. As the name suggests, an M&A is when two merging companies (or divisions thereof) perform a consolidation of assets. The result can be one company taking over another (or a division of a company) or the formation of a new entity by … Read more
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