If the closing date is approaching on the purchase/sale of your or your client's company and you still don't have a plan for transitioning employee benefits, the result can be a train wreck. The seller can end up with liabilities they didn't ...
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Benefit Plans in M&A Deals – Avoiding That Call After the Deal Has Closed
Thankfully, mergers and acquisitions continue at a good pace even in this impacted economy. We do still see buyers and sellers that struggle with employee benefit due diligence issues though. Deal counsel often gets calls from their clients – ...
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M&A Transactions: Benefits Due Diligence
Buyer's counsel brought us in on a stock sale transaction last year to handle the M&A due diligence on the seller's employee benefits. In discussing the scope of our work with seller's counsel and in-house attorneys, we laid out the options in a ...
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M&A Employee Benefits Due Diligence: An Efficient Approach
Employee benefits due diligence during a transaction can protect buyers from unpleasant surprises post-closing and give sellers a negotiating edge by ensuring that their benefits plans have a clean bill of health. It provides confidence to both sides ...
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M&A Due Diligence: Retirement Plan Eligibility Mistakes That Can Surface in Transactions
As part of M&A due diligence we review for plan eligibility errors, one of the IRS's noted top 10 most common retirement plan errors submitted to its Voluntary Correction Program. According to the IRS, this mistake most often surfaces as a result ...
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M&A Benefits Due Diligence In Phases Lets You Decide How Much Review Is Enough
During M&A benefits due diligence, the deal lawyers we work with appreciate having ERISA counsel with serious transaction experience on their side. We understand that deal cost and time have to be kept in check. Our phased approach to employee ...
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