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I recently wrote about how to find businesses for sale, and how to price them. Today I’ll discuss the very first contract typically signed by a buyer and seller in the life cycle of a small or closely-held business acquisition: the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). In nearly all deals outside of the straight “investment” or VC
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” Warren Buffett said that. Buffett was talking about public companies, of course, but his maxim applies equally to purchases of small and closely-held business. Generally speaking, the lower the price, the better the value—if a buyer does their diligence, and assuming no fraud. At its
Buying a Business in the U.S., Part 1: How to Find Them Welcome to the first installment in a series on buying a business in the U.S. This post explains how to find business purchase opportunities, for anyone interested in owning a small or closely-held business. In future posts, I’ll cover how small businesses are
U.S. Company Formation FAQs for Foreign Companies and Entrepreneurs Last week, in International Companies and U.S. State Registration Requirements and Doing Business in the U.S.: Choosing a State of Formation we wrote how foreign companies and entrepreneurs should choose a U.S. state of formation. The point was simple: there’s no perfect state. The right choice
International companies and U.S. state registration requirements We regularly help foreign-based businesses access U.S. customers by establishing a local presence. At the state level, the first step is choosing a state of incorporation, or registration. See Doing Business in the U.S.: Choosing a State of Formation. The state of formation is the primary jurisdiction where
Choosing a state of formation for doing business in the U.S. We work with many international companies and entrepreneurs doing business in the United States. For anyone entering the U.S. market, choosing a state of formation is a threshold decision— one that carries significant legal and tax implications. And while a handful of states are
Elegir la forma jurídica adecuada para tu empresa en EE. UU.: LLC, sociedad anónima o «ya lo arreglaré más adelante» Tienes una idea de negocio sólida y estás listo para lanzarte. Una de las primeras decisiones, y de mayor trascendencia, que tendrás que tomar es qué estructura jurídica se adaptará mejor a tu negocio. La elección de la forma jurídica determina todo lo que viene después: el acceso al capital, el control,
Por qué las empresas extranjeras no deberían constituir una LLC en EE. UU. por su cuenta Tu primer cliente estadounidense te envía un pedido por valor de 50 000 $. Necesitan tus datos de ACH antes del viernes. Has constituido una LLC por internet por 699 $ y ahora no puedes abrir una cuenta bancaria en EE. UU., o no puedes hacerlo con la rapidez suficiente para cerrar el trato. Esto no es
Constitución de una sociedad de responsabilidad limitada (LLC) estadounidense de propiedad extranjera que evita la multa de 25 000 dólares del formulario 5472 y el rechazo de cuentas bancarias A pesar de todos los problemas geopolíticos que rodean a Estados Unidos (o quizá precisamente por ellos), nuestro bufete de abogados nunca ha estado tan ocupado ayudando a empresas extranjeras a establecerse aquí. Tampoco hemos estado nunca tan ocupados ayudando a empresas que intentaron
Los acuerdos operativos (operating agreements) de las LLC (sociedades de responsabilidad limitada) establecen cómo se gestionará dicha entidad y son equivalentes a los estatutos de una sociedad anónima. En la mayoría de los estados de EE. UU., incluidos algunos muy populares para la constitución de LLC, como Florida, Nevada y Wyoming,
