Starting the M/A Process

Each controlling entity needs to ask and answer some basic questions about the transaction.

It is easy for owners or those with a controlling interest in a company to leap forward, envisioning the results of a transition long before the deal is done.  Once a transaction is suggested and after one’s motive for pursuing the transaction are clearly understood, it is important to ask and answer a few basic questions about the impacts of the transaction on the involved parties.  Specific agreement among all parties may not be possible and is not necessary.  However, any serious disagreements need to be carefully hashed out and resolved before the transaction process begins to take on a life of its own.