
Mital Makadia | David Siegel
M&A Attorneys
One of the biggest mistakes you can make when selling your business is not negotiating the letter of intent (LOI). Join M&A Attorneys Mital Makadia and David Siegel while we…
Mergers & Acquisitions – They say selling a business is an art – we’ve turned it into a science
Schedule a ConsultationOne of the biggest mistakes you can make when selling your business is not negotiating the letter of intent (LOI). Join M&A Attorneys Mital Makadia and David Siegel while we discuss your negotiating leverage, common mistakes, and problematic clauses in the LOI.
The most leverage you’re going to have as a seller is at the beginning of the LOI, and you want to make sure that you get the terms in there that you want. If you’re putting off that hard discussion on escrow or indemnity or acceleration for any of your equity, things like that, those terms aren’t going to get better later.
Mittal Makadia and David Siegel
Importance of Legal Counsel and Initial Leverage [3:14] | |
Common Mistakes and Strategies for Success [7:54] | |
Common Mistakes by Buyers [14:30] | |
Overlooked Clauses and Post-Closing Considerations [16:35] | |
Exclusivity Clauses and Due Diligence [21:12] | |
Earn-Outs and Problematic Clauses [23:37] |
Mital Makadia is a Partner at Grellas Shah, where she focuses on representing technology startups and startup founders. She provides counsel on a variety of corporate and transactional matters and negotiates and structures equity financing, M&A transactions and commercial and intellectual property transactions for her clients.
A Partner at Grellas Shah, David Siegel is an unusual startup lawyer in having done sophisticated legal work in both transactional and litigation matters. He is an accomplished startup lawyer and litigator who has extensive experience in handling a broad range of corporate, transactional, and intellectual property matters, including work on multi-million dollar financing and acquisitions. This is all in addition to having a deep expertise in handling complex intellectual property, corporate and commercial litigation matters.
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