Several years ago, I was asked to help a Japanese corporate client with a thorny problem. They were beginning to…
Many business discussions start by signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). There are many forms available, both from free sources online…
Legal due diligence for a corporate investment or acquisition starts with a series of document and information requests to management…
When one person is co-investing in a business with another, there will typically need to be an agreement between the…
An acquisition of a business may be structured as a merger, stock purchase, or asset purchase, depending upon considerations such…
This is a question that has frequently come up in my experience negotiating commercial contracts as in-house counsel. Fundamentally, when…
Han-shakai-teki seryoku has to be one of the most unwieldy and obscure Japanese legal terms of all.
The simplest, yet most confusing, U.S. business entity is the limited liability company or “LLC.” This type of entity is…
Many English-speaking lawyers get worked up over the correct use of the words “shall,” “will” and “must.” There is an…
These clauses, which usually appear at the end of contracts, tend to be the most difficult to grasp for non-lawyers…