Publisher's Synopsis
This guide to managing mergers and acquisitions has been written by a select team of experts from Arthur Young's Corporate Development Group. Practical ideas and guidance are offered on legal, tax, securities, banking, and insurance aspects, with examples and guidelines for action in an acquisitions programme.;Executives will find it helpful in determining appropriate industries and evaluating acquisition candidates, drafting a purchase agreement, avoiding antitrust problems, dealing with both friendly and unfriendly takeovers, and managing the reorganization process. An entire chapter is devoted to financing the acquisition, with discussion of commercial loans, asset-based lending, insurance companies, and junk bonds.
