McDermott Will & Emery has released the Fall 2014 issue of Inside M&A, which focuses on current issues surrounding mergers and acquisitions. Articles in this issue include:
Managing Compliance Risks in M&A Transactions
Compliance risk management plays an increasingly important role in mergers and acquisitions transactions. Appropriate compliance due diligence helps to establish the true value of the target company because successor liability for non-compliance of the target company can jeopardize the whole transaction. Post-closing compliance initiatives help to reduce the compliance risks significantly.
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You’ve Acquired a New Qualified Retirement Plan? Time for a Compliance Check
In connection with a merger or acquisition, an acquiring company may end up assuming sponsorship of a tax-qualified retirement plan that covers employees of the acquired company. This article provides a brief summary of some key issues that a company should focus on to ensure that the numerous administrative and fiduciary requirements involved in maintaining a qualified retirement plan will continue to be met on an ongoing basis if the plan will continue to be maintained following the acquisition.
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A Personal Interest in Compliance
All individuals involved in a proposed sale transaction have a personal stake in full federal, state and local legal compliance because of expanding doctrines of personal liability and successorship liability, notwithstanding transaction documents that purport to disclaim assumption of seller’s liabilities.
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