The Lifecycle of a Technology Company: Acquisitions - A Guide for Successful Exit Strategies

by Edwin M. Yoder Jr.

At every stage of a technology company's growth cycle it faces different challenges, opportunities and legal issues. The Lifecycle of a Technology Company series addresses such issues in separate, distinct volumes to give readers critical information tools, specific to their particular needs. These books discuss the principle business, legal and tax issues at each phase of growth, offering bottom-line affecting, growth-driving and objective-specific tactics and other critical insights. Written and arranged by business lawyers with many years of experience in this legal discipline, each volume contains a general discussion of the issues representative of each growth phase, as well as in-depth articles and sample legal forms on selected topics. Different volumes for different stages with different sets of objectives - must-read books for anyone building, funding or exiting a technology company. Somewhat more commonplace, yet equally as complicated as IPOs, are mergers & acquisitions and consequently, must be thoroughly understood before attempted. From structuring considerations involved in M&A, to details around securities law compliance, this title pulls readers through all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, complete with an overview of a mock acquisition agreement and extensive probing into advanced topics like earnouts and purchase price agreements, empowering the audience to both understand and begin to set the legal framework for such exit opportunities.

204 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2004