Recorded Webinar: Drafting Sale of Business Contracts – The More Challenging Clauses

Getting a sale of business contract right is an essential practitioner skill. It is important both parties know exactly what they are getting on signing. This session looks at drafting essentials for complex clauses:

• Obtaining the right information as a drafting aid

• Exactly what are you selling – sale of business or the asset structure?

• Disclosure and confidentiality obligations – the what, who and where

• Payment arrangements – method and timing

• Earn outs and deferred payment arrangements

• Structuring warranties and indemnities – reflecting the due diligence process

• Intellectual property clauses that work

• Adjustment clauses – interest and price changes

• The non-compete restraint – the question of reasonableness

• Case study – Examining the restraint and an example of bespoke drafting