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ESOP’s

By Attorney Kirk E. Mentch, Esquire|2021-08-26T11:26:52-04:00December 30th, 2020|Employee Stock Ownership Plans|

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP’s) can be effective exit strategies for business owners, especially those who preplan in advance of their exit date. Often times business owners initially don’t like the concept when it is first presented. However, after reviewing their situation with an ESOP attorney and later running some tax numbers with their certified public accountants (CPA’s), some business owners change their mind and decide an ESOP is right for them.

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Mergers, Acquisitions, & Business Breakups

By Attorney Kirk E. Mentch, Esquire|2021-08-26T11:28:55-04:00December 30th, 2020|Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Breakups|

Mergers and Acquisitions can come in many forms. A merger is taking two or more things and making them one. The same is true in business. A merger can take the form a two companies merging to form one company. A merger can also be thought of a merging one company into another, most typically a larger company merging a smaller company into the larger company. An acquisition or purchase of another company can be [ . . . ]

Stock Sale vs. Asset Sale Overview

By Attorney Kirk E. Mentch, Esquire|2021-08-26T12:31:58-04:00December 30th, 2020|Stock Sale vs. Asset Sale|

Corporation sales can be in the form of a stock sale or an asset sale. In a stock sale the new owner(s) purchase the stock of the selling owner(s), and the entity remains intact from an operational, liability, and taxation standpoint. In an asset sale it is common for the business sellers to wind down the sold business, and for the business buyers to form a new entity or merge the assets into an existing [ . . . ]