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Legal pros expect AI to drive most M&A processes within 10 years
- April 2025
A new survey of legal professionals by legal technology solutions firm Litera has found that law firms are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) within their dealmaking processes and that most professionals expect that AI-based technologies will be used to complete the majority of M&A processes in ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Family businesses choosing to retain profitsOne of the possibly unintended consequences of the chancellor's recent Budget 50% tax rate hike...
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FOR SELLERS Now is the time to start grooming
Every business owner wants to fetch the optimum price for their business. Grooming a business is an ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Luke Johnson talks exclusively to the Business Sale ReportIf anyone knows a thing or two about buying and selling businesses for profit it is Luke Johnson, a ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Luke Johnson interview coming soon
In this month's (June 2009) issue of the Business Sale Report, we feature an exclusive intervie...
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FOR BUYERS Investors looking to buy property businesses
Recently, we have seen investors looking to get back into the property game. Countrywide, the estat...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Transfer of going concern status critical for successful pre-pack administrations
When the assets of a struggling company (Oldco) are transferred to a new company (Newco), before bei...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private equity firms buy up struggling businesses
More than a third of management buyouts in the UK since the start of the year occurred at companies ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Top ten tips for those planning an acquisition of a distressed business
Use advisers who have previous experience of doing deals in these circumstances. Consider bringing a...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Private Equity buy up struggling businesses
More than a third of management buyouts in the UK since the start of the year occurred at companies ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Three entrepreneurs tell us about their experience of buying distressed businesses
Peter Harkness (above) and his business partner, Owen Davies, bought Highbury Communica...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Entrepreneurs tell us about their experiences of buying distressed companies
When Highbury House Communications, the North London-based publisher of many well-known newsstand ma...
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FOR BUYERS Due diligence is essential during times of financial crisis
In the current climate, many mergers and acquisitions are being pushed through increasingly quickly,...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Pickfords may go into pre-pack administration
Another household name looks like it might join the list of companies that have gone insolvent. Tea...
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FOR SELLERS Scotland's oldest ski resort is up for sale
Now that spring is in the air you would be forgiven for turning your attention to more summery pursu...