Buying and Selling a Business - Annotated Precedents

From preliminary documentation to closing the deal

This book is essential for: lawyers at all levels of practice who act for purchasers or vendors of businesses or for lenders who loan funds to those buying a business.

This popular collection of annotated precedents is an essential reference for lawyers working with business acquisitions. Whether your transaction is an asset purchase or a share purchase deal, you'll find hundreds of pages of useful precedents with concise practical annotations and commentary. You will save time by drafting documents that reflect current law and practice. You will understand the purpose of each clause and how to use them to serve your clients better. For your convenience, all forms and precedents are also on CD-ROM.

Highlights of the 2010 update

• new and revised provisions, annota­tions, and precedents covering accounting standards, assignments, closing agendas, confidential information, government approvals, earn-outs, intellectual property, non-competition, ownership of rights, personal information, releases, representations and warranties on closing, severance, and tax issues
• revised and updated versions of the checklists, case table, statute table, and reference list

CLEBC Legal Editor
David P. Owen
dowen@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS
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1. Structuring the Transaction

2. Asset Purchase Agreements
  2A. Short Form Asset Purchase Agreement
  2B. Long Form Asset Purchase Agreement

3. Share Purchase Agreements
  3A. Short Form Share Purchase Agreement
  3B. Long Form Share Purchase Agreement

4. Letter of Intent

5. Confidentiality and Employment Issues
  5A. Confidentiality Agreement
  5B. Non-disclosure Agreement
  5C. Non-competition Agreement
  5D. Employment Agreement
  5E. Consulting Agreement

6. General Conveyance

7. Escrow Agreement

8. Earn-out Clauses

9. Assignments and Consents
  9A. General Assignment of Contracts, Goodwill, Licences, Name, Permits and Warranties
  9B. Consent to Assignment and Confirmation of Licence Agreement
  9C. Assignment of Lease and Consent
  9D. Assignment, Assumption, Amendment of Lease and Landlord's Consent

10. Intellectual Property Issues
  10A. Assignment of Unregistered Trade-mark
  10B. Assignment of Trade-mark Application
  10C. Assignment of Registered Trade-mark
  10D. Trade-mark Assignment (Composite)
  10E. Copyright Assignment—Where Author is Owner
  10F. Copyright Assignment—Where Owner and Author are Different
  10G. Industrial Design Assignment
  10H. Assignment of Canadian Patents or Patent Applications
  10I.  Domain Name Assignment Agreement

11. Closing Agendas
  11A. Asset Purchase Closing Agenda
  11B. Share Purchase Closing Agenda

12. Miscellaneous Documents

Features

• checklists
• case table
• statute table
• references
• forms and precedents on CD-ROM

Editorial Board
Peter H. Finley — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Geoffrey Sherrott — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver

Authors
Peter J. Brown — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Peter H. Finley — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
William L. Hartley — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
R. Brock Johnston — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Theodore I. Koffman — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Roger A.C. Kuypers — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
J. Geoffrey Lyster — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
William J. McFetridge — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Robert G. Owen — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Geoffrey Sherrott — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Terence G. Stewart — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver