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Year: 2015
Sourcing the Deals
Different companies will have various motives when deciding to pursue an acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, or strategic alliance plan. The decision is usually driven by key business fundamentals such as broader competitive product line, access to strong distribution channels or new markets, sharing of scarce talent, lower unit cost position via the elimination of common costs, economies of scale, better market positioning with a stronger brand recognition, and faster speed of entering a market versus doing a start-up. In the case of divestiture, the motivation to sell may be due to poor financial performance of the company or, if the business is a subsidiary or division, it no longer fits strategically with the future direction of the company.
Security Interests in Personal Property
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Negotiating Transaction Terms Templates, Tools, and Guides
The ability to negotiate successfully is crucial for survival in today’s changing business world. Negotiation is fun if you know what you’re doing. So for all you busy execs, here are Ten Tips for Successful Negotiating:
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MEANINGS – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS EXPLAINED
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LETTERS OF CREDIT – SANCTIONS CLAUSE VS PAYMENT UNDER UCP
The documentary letter of credit (“LC”) is a key payment method in international trade – not only does it satisfy both the seller’s and the buyer’s conflicting needs, but it also is considered to be relatively risk free. However, the recent surge in financial sanctions and embargoes, and the resulting “sanctions clauses” in LCs trying to meet the issue, is challenging the fundamental nature of an LC.
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Doing Due Diligence
Due diligence is used to investigate and evaluate a business opportunity. The term due diligence describes a general duty to exercise care in any transaction. As such, it spans investigation into all relevant aspects of the past, present, and predictable future of the business of a target company. Due diligence sounds impressive but ultimately it translates into basic commonsense success factors such as “thinking things through” and “doing your homework”.
UCP 600
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Loan Agreement – Letter of Credit Clauses
These Standard Clauses are typical provisions setting out the terms of a letter of credit facility made available to the borrower under a revolving credit loan. These Standard Clauses govern the process for requesting letters of credit and specify the borrower’s obligations to reimburse the letter of credit issuing bank for amounts drawn under the letters of credit. They also set out the obligations of the revolving lenders to participate in outstanding letter of credit obligations if not reimbursed by the borrower. Also included are provisions requiring the borrower to post cash collateral to secure letter of credit obligations under certain circumstances, and provisions regarding letter of credit fees. These Standard Clauses have integrated notes with important explanations and drafting and negotiating tips.
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Loan Agreement – Letter of Credit Clauses
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