Small business need-to-know and takeaways……
Excerpt………Even with the recent slowdown in M&A activity, spin-offs have been among the transactions of choice in the past year. With everyone from economic mainstays like ConocoPhillips and Kraft to high-profile new players like TripAdvisor engaging in separation deals in the latest round of deconsolidation, it is an opportune time for dealmakers to consider the general implications of a spin-off on transformational corporate merger activity and certain structures that may allow for a combination of the two.
Read full article……via Spin-offs and Reverse Morris Trusts — The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
