Mergers and acquisitions, as one of the operations of corporate law, is one of the leading areas of work of Nobilex Law. Our lawyers, having extensive experience, analyze the latest methods of concluding transactions and can offer the most profitable solutions for your business. Our team fulfills its obligations in full and on time, helping you not to miss new opportunities. Highly qualified lawyers at Nobilex Law will help you develop strategies, make and legalize decisions that will help you develop and expand your company, reach a new level, develop a new market, as well as improve the quality of management and become more attractive to investors.
So what do mergers and acquisitions mean?
Mergers and acquisitions or M&A is the voluntary combination of several firms into one large company or the purchase by one company of others, while the purchased company ends its existence, with the aim of creating one large competitive business. In the conditions of modern Ukraine, when state power has reduced its influence and control over some economic relations and objects, mergers and acquisitions have begun to be in great demand among business representatives. However, the conclusion of such agreements requires certain knowledge, secured by a huge regulatory framework, taking into account modern innovations and peculiarities of the market structure, so it is impossible to do without the help of a competent lawyer. Nobilex Law will take on all the most difficult work, providing you with a ready-made solution for the development of your business.
What are the types of mergers?
The main types of mergers of companies can be called mergers, according to the type of financing of the enterprise and mergers, according to the relationship of such enterprises. In the case of a merger of companies by type of financing, the companies unite into one whole with the possible purchase by one enterprise of another. When merging companies, based on the nature of the relationship, the following types can be distinguished:
- Horizontal – an association of companies that produce the same goods or provide the same services;
- Vertical – as a rule, this is the merger of a company that produces raw materials with a company that produces finished goods;
- Generic – merger of companies whose type of activity is related;
- Conglomerate – an association of companies completely different in their activities;
- Reorganization is a merger of companies operating in different fields.
Types of absorption
A takeover implies the repurchase of 30% or more percent of shares, authorized capital or parts of the founders, to control the enterprise. In such cases, the enterprise retains its legal independence. Takeovers can be aggressive or friendly. In a friendly takeover, the purchase of shares occurs by mutual consent of the parties, and in an aggressive takeover, the buyout occurs without the consent of the purchased party.
It is very important to be able to navigate the forms of mergers and acquisitions, to distinguish one from the other and to understand what legal consequences such a transaction may bring. Nobilex Law lawyers will conduct a full legal audit of your business, highlight all possible risks and losses during mergers and acquisitions, provide assistance in corporate restructuring, and also advise on anti monopoly legislation, tax issues, and investment issues. They will develop various agreements, as well as resolve issues with pre-trial dispute resolution and representation in courts.