Section 1 Introduction

• Library: Bus Trans 2005

This chapter provides an overview of the major legal issues and problems that typically arise in the transfer of partial or complete ownership of an ongoing business through a sale of stock, a sale of assets, or a merger with another corporation. The focus is on the transfer of ownership of a privately owned corporation, although many of the ideas presented apply equally to the sale of a publicly held corporation. The sale of a publicly held corporation, however, involves many additional issues that are...