In Part II  of our saga, our outdoor-loving business owner took a look at how strategic and financial buyers perceive and derive value from purchasing a business to consider which kind of buyer would make a higher offer for her business. (See Previous Article “Which Kind of Buyer Will Offer a Higher Purchase Price – A Strategic Buyer or a Financial Buyer?”) In this final installment, our business owner is considering other factors that might be important in her decision-making process ..read more

Congratulations to our attorneys, Adam Rose, Heather Harriman, and Brian Riske! Rose Law Firm, P.C. is thrilled to announce Heather Harriman was recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of Business Litigation, Adam Rose as a Super Lawyer in Mergers and Acquisitions, and Brian Riske as a Rising Star for Business Corporate Law in the Super Lawyer Magazine 2022 ..read more

In Part I of our saga, our outdoor-loving business owner decided that she would like to spend more time fishing and was constructing a strategy for maximizing the value of a sale of her company.  (See Previous Article “Two Kinds of Third Party Buyers: Financial Buyers and Strategic Buyers”) She familiarized herself with the differences between financial and strategic buyers and is now asking herself which kind of buyer will make her a higher offer for her business.  She wants to know how big of a boat she should be shopping for ..read more

Rose Law Firm represents many middle and lower-middle market businesses that are actively preparing for third-party sales. This is the first of a three-part series of articles addressing the distinctions between strategic and financial buyers and how a business owner can maximize the offer amount from one or more suitable purchasers.   ..read more

It is common practice in a standard Merger & Acquisition transaction for a sophisticated buyer to request that the potential seller agree to a period of exclusivity or exclusive dealings at the front end of the potential transaction. What is not commonly understood, however, are the true consequences to the seller for agreeing to exclusivity too early in the process.   This practice – the practice of obtaining exclusivity without giving anything in return - is so engrained into the expectations of a selling company, that even sophisticated companies that should know better get s ..read more

As we go into the Holiday Season, this is a good time of year to take inventory and count our blessings. While this has been a challenging year, there is still no shortage of things to be thankful for. Indeed, we may even appreciate the things that matter most in our lives a little bit more than we did at the beginning of this year ..read more

The global pandemic has changed the way we do business. Chances are that the written contracts dictating your obligations and legal liabilities have not changed to match your business’s new reality ..read more

Heather Harriman has been named a Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney by Super Lawyers® Heather was also recognized as a Rising Star in 2012 & 2014 ..read more