October, 2015

article thumbnail

The New Role of Private Equity Firms

Erik A. Lopez

The following is a guest post from Nate Nead, an investment banking Director at Merit Harbor Group, LLC. Nate’s practice focuses on software, technology, energy and manufacturing. He and the Merit Harbor team work with middle-market business owners looking to grow, acquire or sell companies in the $10mm to $100mm valuation range. He works out of the company’s Seattle office.

article thumbnail

M&A Disclosure – Annotated Form 8-K

Erik A. Lopez

Public companies that participate in M&A transactions are subject to a myriad of potential disclosure obligations throughout the transaction process. These may arise under applicable stock exchange listing rules, federal securities laws, state fiduciary duty and proxy requirements as well as antitrust law and other regulatory regimes. The federal securities laws alone may require various disclosures through an astonishingly long list of possible forms, schedules and registration statements,