CONTENTS
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1. Structuring the Transaction
2. Asset Purchase Agreements
2.1 Short Form Asset Purchase Agreement
2.2 Long Form Asset Purchase Agreement
3. Share Purchase Agreements
3.1 Short Form Share Purchase Agreement
3.2 Long Form Share Purchase Agreement
4. Letter of Intent
5. Confidentiality and Employment Issues
5.1 Confidentiality Agreement
5.2 Non-disclosure Agreement
5.3 Non-competition Agreement
5.4 Employment Agreement
5.5 Consulting Agreement
6. General Conveyance of a Business
7. Escrow Agreement for a Business Acquisition Transaction
8. Earn-out Clauses in Business Purchase Transactions
9. Assignments and Consents in Business Acquisition Transactions
9.1 General Assignment of Contracts, Goodwill, Licences, Name, Permits and Warranties
9.2 Consent to Assignment and Confirmation of Licence Agreement
9.3 Assignment of Lease and Consent
9.4 Assignment, Assumption, Amendment of Lease and Landlord's Consent
10. Intellectual Property Issues in Business Acquisitions
10.1 Assignment of Unregistered Trade-mark for a Business Acquisition
10.2 Assignment of Trade-mark Application for a Business Acquisition
10.3 Assignment of Registered Trade-mark for a Business Acquisition
10.4 Trade-mark Assignment (Composite) for a Business Acquisition
10.5 Copyright Assignment—Where Author is Owner
10.6 Copyright Assignment—Where Owner and Author are Different
10.7 Industrial Design Assignment for a Business Acquisition
10.8 Assignment of Canadian Patents or Patent Applications for a Business Acquisition
10.9 Domain Name Assignment Agreement for a Business Acquisition
11. Closing Agendas
11.1 Asset Purchase Closing Agenda
11.2 Share Purchase Closing Agenda
12. Miscellaneous Documents Used in Business Sale Transactions
Features
- checklists
- case table
- statute table
- 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
Riley Burr — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Peter H. Finley — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
William L. Hartley — Edwards, Kenny & Bray 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
Pratibha Sharma — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Geoffrey Sherrott — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Terence G. Stewart — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver