Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

Contact Neufeld Legal PC for corporate transactional and legal matters at 403-400-4092 / 905-616-8864 or Chris@NeufeldLegal.com

Putting together the complex pieces of mergers and acquisitions.

Mergers and acquisitions represent a corporate strategy through which corporate entities are acquired, divested and combined with one another so as to optimize the potential synergies attainable from such transactions. The preponderance of such transactions are acquisitions, for the sheer fact that it is very rare to have an equitable sharing of leadership between the consolidated corporate entities - instead, one party typically asserts its dominance over the combined corporate entity.

There are extreme variances with respect to the form and function of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Certain acquisitions can be construed as friendly, wherein the various corporate entities cooperate in the negotiations with the intended aim of realizing an agreeable combination. Conversely, there are hostile acquisitions, wherein the takeover target is unwilling to be acquired or the target's board of directors has no prior knowledge of the delivered offer - such that the target corporation, its board of directors and/or its shareholders feel pressured into doing that which is not necessarily their preference [hence the hostile nature of such acquisitions].

When it comes to the legal component of corporate mergers & acquisitions, that is when the law firm of Neufeld Legal P.C. comes into play. Such that when your company is seeking knowledgeable and experienced legal representation in orchestrating and completing business mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, contact us at 403-400-4092 [Alberta], 905-616-8864 [Ontario] or Chris@NeufeldLegal.com.