UK acquisitions: understanding the difference between buying the target’s shares or the company’s assets

HLaw webinar: UK acquisitions – shares vs assets

There is a generation of founders at the time of writing looking at M&A in a new light: those still sitting on cash who are looking to buy up erstwhile competitors; and those for whom the music stopped and who are looking at being acquired (hopefully not as a fire sale).

In this latest webinar from HLaw, Annette and Henry answer a key threshold question on UK M&A deals: is the buyer acquiring the shares in a Target company or the assets and business of that company?

The answer to that question takes both buyer and seller down radically different paths…

Talking on the video are:

Henry Humphreys, Managing Partner

Annette Beresford, Partner and Head of Tax

Natalya Vilyavina, Senior Associate

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