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Attorney Danya Shakfeh

Horizontal Mergers: What are they and how they work

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What is a horizontal merger? In M&A, a horizontal merger occurs when two or more companies at the same level of the supply chain join together to form a new organization. In this process, also known as horizontal acquisition or horizontal integration, companies are usually part of the same industry.   How do horizontal acquisitions

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Mergers and Acquisitions Meaning

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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) is the process by which companies transfer their ownership or consolidate with other business organizations with a strategic purpose. Put simply, M&A refers to the activities concerning the sale and purchase of businesses. What is a merger? In a merger, two or more companies combine to create a new corporate entity,

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Exhibit A(ttorneys) podcast with Jordan Ostroff: Business as Art and Self-expression

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Every product and service that you offer, carries within a dream, years of effort and sacrifice that have made your business possible. As a corporate lawyer and a business owner herself, Danya Shakfeh is aware of the difficulties that are faced daily to keep up with a business. She empathizes with her fellow business owners

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What is a Business Purchase Agreement?

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A business purchase agreement, or business transfer agreement, is a contract that outlines the terms of the transaction when buying or selling a business. It is the final part of a business acquisition.  The purchase contract includes closing details of the business sale, such as the price, the purchased goods, and certain representations and warranties

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The Importance of a Restaurant Partnership Agreement

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When starting a restaurant, restaurant business owners should be careful to write up proper written agreements at the very beginning. One common mistake is that business partners will wait until the restaurant opens before they write a written partnership agreement (if they write one at all). The problem with waiting is that by the time

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Unique Business Owners: Ayebea’s Waist Beads

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https://youtu.be/N6V41yYn0G0Georgina Fofana is a teacher and also a small business owner with a unique perspective on business. On one hand, she owns “Ayebea’s Charming Beads”, which is a marketplace that sells waist beads, bracelets, and other accessories. On the other hand, there’s “Jerk N Waisted”, through which she educates people on the cultural significance of

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Unique business owners: IP sofacto docketing

https://youtu.be/-UxJhvgbJ4kWhat is IP docketing? Meet Russell and Huda Krad Baylin, the founders of IP Sofacto, a global IP Docketing company that tracks and calendars the activity related to the process of obtaining a patent or trademark. Russell and Huda Krad, besides being business partners, are a couple and have a family together. They share with

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