by Kresimir Peharda | Aug 25, 2016 | Business & Finance
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner Business owners often ask what could go wrong when evaluating an acquisition of a private company. While anecdotal evidence is helpful a study is even better. The following is based on SRS Acquiom’s 2015 M&A Claims Study. Even...
by Kresimir Peharda | Aug 25, 2016 | Business & Finance
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner Whether you are a start-up or a public company and are dealing with a third party you are often faced with the question of: do we need a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Most of the time the answer is yes. However, some of the time a NDA...
by Kresimir Peharda | Jul 20, 2016 | Business & Finance
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner. Statistics vary but we do know that a great deal of acquisitions do not produce the results the buyer expected. According to the June 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review, 70-90% of M&A deals do not meet expectations. While there...
by Kresimir Peharda | Jul 16, 2016 | Business & Finance
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner. The LA Times reported on July 14, 2016 that LA start-ups received a whopping 57% cash from VCs in Q2 of 2016 compared with 2015. See...
by Kresimir Peharda | Jun 10, 2016 | Business & Finance
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner. In a previous post I outlined the crowdfunding universe and some of the factors to consider in selecting a option. See https://vestedlaw.com/retail-crowdfunding-and-the-expanding-crowdfunding-universe/ In this post I want to highlight two...
by Editorial Staff | May 21, 2016 | Authors & Topics, Business & Finance, Tax Law
By Kresimir Peharda, Partner. May 21, 2016 Start-ups and other companies often issue restricted stock to founders and early employees that is subject to vesting. They do this in order to attract and retain key personnel. As a consequence, an issue that often arises...
