M&A Transition Services Agreements
Negotiating and Drafting Key Terms to Preserve Business Value and Mitigate Risk
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will prepare business counsel to negotiate transition services agreements in mergers and acquisitions. The panel will highlight the key terms of the agreement and discuss negotiation and drafting considerations.
Description
A transition services agreement is critical in every deal involving the purchase of a subsidiary or business unit. The agreement helps the buyer preserve value of the newly acquired business and enables the seller to make the deal more attractive. Careful negotiation of the agreement is critically important.
The scope of the agreement should address services to be provided, third-party service providers, service standards, compensation for the services, termination and extension of services, indemnification, and dispute resolution.
Counsel must deal with these issues at the inception of the deal, during the negotiation stage. Waiting to address these items until the end of the deal can result in delays, reduced value, and increased risk for both buyer and seller.
Listen as our authoritative panel of M&A attorneys examines the key elements of a transition services agreement, and discusses primary considerations when negotiating the agreement and terms to consider.
Outline
- Risks for buyers and sellers
- Ways to mitigate risk
- Key provisions
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the key elements that should be included and negotiated in a transition services agreement to protect the buyer?
- What risk exposure do buyers and sellers face concerning transition services?
- What terms should sellers and buyers seek to include to mitigate risk?
Faculty
Mark D. Williamson, Principal
Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis
He practices in the areas of business, corporate, and securities law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. He serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisition Team. He has experience representing both public and private companies and private equity funds in various corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, public and private offerings, tender offers, and debt financings.
B. Scott Burton, Partner
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta
He focuses on corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities, and the taxation of insurance companies and insurance and annuity products. His experience includes representing buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of private and publicly held life and property and casualty insurance companies, blocks of insurance business, and investment advisers.
Andrew Diaz-Matos, Assistant Vice President, Senior Counsel
The Hartford, Hartford, Conn.
He is a transactional attorney currently focusing on technology and licensing matters with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions. His areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, technology licensing, outsourcing, procurement, intellectual property, securities law, bank finance.
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