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The path to going public is complex enough without unexpected regulatory roadblocks. Yet countless companies approaching their public debut discover, often too late, that satisfying federal securitie...
Jan 5, 2026
The path to going public is complex enough without unexpected regulatory roadblocks. Yet countless companies approaching their public debut discover, often too late, that satisfying federal securitie...
Jan 5, 2026
Learn what to negotiate in your business sale LOI. Protect seller leverage, avoid costly mistakes, and maximize exit value. Expert M&A counsel guide.
Alex Lubyansky
Dec 11, 2025
Complete M&A due diligence guide covering the 60-90 day process, legal checklist, critical red flags, and cost-saving strategies. Learn what M&A attorneys review and how to avoid deal-killing surprises.
Alex Lubyansky
Dec 10, 2025
Learn when single-member LLCs make sense, how operating agreements actually protect you, and whether Delaware incorporation is worth the hype.
Alex Lubyansky
Dec 4, 2025
Complete guide to SEC Section 16 short-swing profit rules for corporate insiders. Learn the 6-month rule, how short-swing profits are calculated, Form 4 filing requirements, and how to avoid violations.
Alex Lubyansky
Nov 1, 2025
Complete guide to SEC Form 8-A registration. Learn when Form 8-A is required, how it differs from Form 10, step-by-step filing process, common mistakes, and expert tips from a securities attorney.
Alex Lubyansky
Oct 20, 2025
Complete guide to Nasdaq listing requirements for Capital Market, Global Market, and Global Select tiers. Learn financial standards, corporate governance rules, costs, timeline, and application process from a securities attorney.
Alex Lubyansky
Oct 5, 2025
Which OTC market tier is right for your company? Compare OTCQX, OTCQB, and Pink Sheets requirements, costs, timelines, and investor perception. Securities attorney explains.
Alex Lubyansky
Sep 10, 2025
Transform your post-LOI due diligence from overwhelming to organized. Learn the systematic approach that uncovers risks, validates assumptions, and ensures successful acquisitions.
Alex Lubyansky
Aug 28, 2025
Understand the critical differences between Letters of Intent and Term Sheets in M&A transactions. Learn when to use each document type and how to leverage them for successful deals.
Alex Lubyansky
Aug 26, 2025
Learn how to draft a professional Letter of Intent for business acquisitions using our proven framework and interactive tools. From valuation to signing, we cover every critical step.
Alex Lubyansky
Aug 24, 2025
Complete guide to SEC Rule 144 for selling restricted and control securities. Learn holding periods, volume limits, Form 144 filing requirements, and exemptions from a securities attorney.
Alex Lubyansky
Aug 15, 2025
388 articles on M&A, due diligence, and securities compliance.
Decide who owns software and branding, which acquired businesses can use them, and what rights continue when a subsidiary or the technology is sold separately.
Sep 11, 2026
Buying a first business and planning more acquisitions? Review holding-company operating agreement decisions on authority, funding, seller equity and future deals.
Sep 7, 2026
A SaaS buyer’s legal due diligence checklist: documents to request, IP and contract risks to investigate, and issues to resolve in the purchase agreement before closing.
Sep 7, 2026
How partial and majority buy-in agreements work: pricing a minority or majority stake, staged purchases, governance protections, seller rollover, and SBA 7(a) rules for partial ownership changes.
Aug 28, 2026
How lease assignment works when buying an existing franchise. Landlord consent, assignment fees, lease term negotiation, and what happens if the landlord refuses.
Aug 19, 2026
How to renegotiate purchase price after due diligence reveals problems. Working capital adjustments, earnout restructuring, indemnification, and when to walk away.
Aug 19, 2026
A legal guide to CPG M&A diligence, including brands, supply-chain contracts, product compliance, working capital, purchase agreement protections, and post-close planning.
Aug 11, 2026
Earnouts and forgivable seller notes in sub-$5M sales: metrics that survive disputes, payment schedules, forgiveness triggers, working capital pegs.
Aug 8, 2026
Buying a licensed business? Contractor, alcohol, engineering, and healthcare licenses transfer differently, and successor liability does not end at closing.
Aug 8, 2026
Buying an IOP, PHP, residential SUD, ABA, or MAT practice? Most states will not let a state behavioral health license transfer to a new owner automatically. Here is how the deal structure determines whether you apply for a new license or get change-of-ownership approval, using Minnesota DHS 245G as a worked example.
Aug 3, 2026
A business broker's standard form, whether it is the offer agreement or a full draft stock purchase agreement, is written to get the deal to closing, not to protect the buyer. An M&A attorney explains who the broker actually represents, the provisions broker-drafted agreements consistently underwrite, and how buyer-side review works without slowing the deal down.
Jul 26, 2026
The seller's SBA EIDL loan is current, but the blanket UCC lien still blocks your closing. Here are the four ways buyers resolve an EIDL lien before an asset purchase can fund: payoff, SBA lien release, subordination, or escrow holdback.
Jul 26, 2026
SBA Procedural Notice 5000-876626 and Policy Notice 5000-876441 require 100% of direct and indirect owners of an SBA borrower to be U.S. citizens or nationals, effective March 1, 2026. Lawful Permanent Residents are now Ineligible Persons. An M&A attorney explains what this means for buyers, sellers with rollover equity, and partner buyouts.
Jul 23, 2026
A legal roadmap for wirehouse and broker-dealer reps going independent: restrictive covenant review, Protocol vs. non-Protocol exit, garden leave, forming the RIA, client communication rules, and custody repapering.
Jul 21, 2026
Buying an RIA means inheriting its compliance history and client contracts. A legal guide to buy-side diligence, consent risk, and regulatory steps for buyers.
Jul 21, 2026
A legal guide to buying or selling a financial advisor's book of business: client transfer risk, consent rules, broker-dealer protocol, deal structure, and financing.
Jul 21, 2026
A legal guide to buying or selling an insurance book of business: what transfers, carrier consent and broker-of-record letters, producer licensing, E&O tail coverage, diligence, and purchase agreement terms.
Jul 21, 2026
What the Broker Protocol is, which firms are members, what a departing broker can and cannot take under it, and how the Protocol interacts with non-Protocol moves, restrictive covenants, and RIA M&A team lift-outs.
Jul 21, 2026
How RIA firms manage client documents and records across an acquisition: Rule 204-2 retention periods, what must transfer to the buyer, and CRM migration pitfalls.
Jul 21, 2026
A legal guide to RIA purchase agreements: asset purchase vs. equity purchase structures, earnout and holdback pricing mechanics, RIA-specific reps and warranties, interim covenants, non-competes, closing conditions, and indemnification.
Jul 21, 2026
A legal guide to RIA succession planning: internal equity transfers to next-generation advisors, buy-sell agreements, financing an internal buyout, external sale as a succession path, and contingency planning for death or disability.
Jul 21, 2026
How RIA firms are valued: revenue and EBITDA multiples, DCF, valuation drivers, and the earnout, escrow, and indemnification terms that change the real price.
Jul 21, 2026
RIA vs broker-dealer, explained through an M&A and regulatory lens: registration regimes, fiduciary duty vs Reg BI, revenue models, hybrid firms, and what the difference means when buying or selling one.
Jul 21, 2026
Selling an accounting, CPA or tax practice? Review deal structure, purchase agreement terms, client notice, Section 7216 data rules and retention terms.
Jul 21, 2026
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