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Making the most of today’s M&A environment

Over the past year, Mergers & Acquisitions has emerged as the premier method for growing companies. Is M&A in your future? What “best practices” do you need to be aware of to ensure a successful transaction? How do you find the right company to acquire? How do you properly positioning your company for sale? What tools do you need to optimally prepare your company for sale or investment?

This Webcast unravels today’s complex M&A environment.

Featured speakers are Stephen McGee, a Director, Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC, John Carroll, Partner, Summit Partners, and Mike LaCascia, Vice Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

Attracting technology buyers: the strategic, financial and legal implications behind technology M&A

• Today's M&A environment – recent changes, notable trends, and the direction the market is going
• Tech sectors that are currently attracting investors – attributes buyers are looking for, and how they look to grow an acquisition
• Legal issues and challenges in executing technology M&A – as well as protecting intellectual property throughout the course of an M&A transaction
• Ways that technology companies can prepare themselves to be more merger-friendly
• Revenue accuracy – the single most contested issue in any M&A activity, and the controls you need to achieve it
• Typical issues and obstacles that can kill a deal – and how to address them if they come up

This webcast was conducted live on 4/12/05 and can be viewed on demand anytime.