What Level of Data Encryption Does Your Business Need? The reason why your business must encrypt its data isn’t a terribly hard concept to understand – the need to protect sensitive information speaks for itself. Cyberattacks and data breaches, like the ones we’ve all seen in the news, cancost a company millions of dollars, deteriorate…
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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…
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When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, as well as many other financial transactions between two companies, the days of brick-and-mortar data rooms are over. What once was a necessity for the secure reviewing of sensitive documents is now an archaic thing of the past that has been eclipsed by the overwhelming power of technology.…
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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…
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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. …
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Virtual data room pricing has evolved and is now more akin to ‘buffet-style’ flat rates than full ‘à la carte’ menu charges. But just as buffets vary by venue – the meal you get at The Sizzler will be a very different experience than at the Waldorf-Astoria — vendors don’t always unify virtual data…
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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: …
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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…
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