I last saw them in 2007. They are two kind souls who made my years studying in the UK such a beautiful chapter in my life. I have been thinking about them lately and finally reached out after all these years. Whenever I look back on my time in the …

As an M&A lawyer, most of my time goes into the legal documents – drafting and negotiating agreements, representations, warranties, conditions precedent, etc. However, the deals I have seen delayed or aborted were not because of legal documents. A deal was aborted when geopolitical tension escalated while parties were going …

In an M&A transaction, a buyer which is also a company may offer to pay by issuing its own shares to the seller, instead of paying in cash. How is this different compared to a cash deal? The seller is not just selling. The seller is also “buying” into the …