There are times when a merger seems like the ideal thing to do: you’ve launched a company, you’ve hit great heights, but you’re a crossroads where you’re not sure how exactly to expand–you’ve never been this big before, and you just don’t have the expertise and infrastructure to expand bigger than where you are. Or…
Market Capitalization & Enterprise Value: What’s the Difference? When valuing a company, it’s important to be able to put a number on that valuation with which you can compare it to other companies, to thus make a quick comparison between their relative value. Two ways to measure the market value of a company are market…
What is the Role of an M&A Lawyer? What is an M&A? A merger and acquisition (M&A) is a broad term used to describe the consolidation, amalgamation, and purchasing of one company by another. This can happen through many different mechanisms, such as mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, tender offers, purchase of assets, and management acquisitions. …
Amalgamation 101: The Ins and Outs In the simplest terms, an amalgamation in business is the combination of two companies into one larger single company. In this sense, it has much in common with mergers and acquisitions, though the terms are not necessarily interchangeable in all cases. The basic differences are these: Acquisition: …
Forward Mergers vs. Reverse Triangular Mergers Long before the advent of virtual data rooms, mergers and acquisitions were happening every day. It’s only been in the last few years that these forward mergers and reverse triangular mergers can take place with all the technological sophistication of a virtual data room, allowing for all the…
Why There has been a Startup Acquisition Boom Companies have always acquired other companies. Whether the purpose is to eliminate a competitor, strengthen a position in a market, bolster two companies’ core competencies, or give a boost to stock price, there has long been a history of mergers and acquisitions. But it seems that…
How to Sign and Date PDFs Using Caplinked’s Virtual Data Room and Watermarking Tool Everyone has experienced the hassle of receiving a document only to have to print it out sign it and fax it back in. (Who has fax machines anymore?) This headache has been alleviated in recent years through a number of services,…
When is the best time to start raising capital for your startup? Sooner than you think. It’s a common misperception that you need to have your business established or a working prototype in the market before you think about setting up a capital stream. You may end up with a sign over the lobby and…
Why Virtual Data Rooms are Hot You think mergers and acquisitions are hot? The money is hot. The business is hot. And the platform, Virtual Data Rooms, is where the hotness happens. We’re aware that “Virtual Data Rooms” are not the sexiest sounding term. But it’s where the Very Doable Relationships happen (this may or…
