Many had understandably termed this the most important election in decades, but even then no one predicted what has actually just happened – the complete recasting of the British political landscape. It can only be assumed that a number of parties will be rethinking their approach, federalism might come to pass after the SNPs near total victory in Scotland, and the night saw very significant gains for the Conservatives across England. Pollsters will meanwhile […]

Generally, there are two basic structures that can be used in the purchase and sale of a business:

acquisition of the assets of the business from the operating corporation (an Asset Deal); or
acquisition of the shares of the operating corporation from the corporation’s shareholders (a Share Deal).

In some cases, commercial considerations will be determinative of the structure – if, for example, the target corporation holds critical licenses that cannot be transferred to the purchaser on an Asset […]