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Getting Ready to Sell Your Business? – Time To Prepare

Getting Ready to Sell Your Business? – Time To Prepare

July 15, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

Good news for Seller’s is that over the last 18 months the valuation multiples have returned to normal levels and so has leveraged financing that will help fuel transactions. This change positively impacts many sellers who have been patiently waiting… Continue Reading  

Positive Results and Caution Seen in Important Middle Market Economic Sector

Positive Results and Caution Seen in Important Middle Market Economic Sector

June 16, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

What are American citizens most concerned about? As a Gallup poll taken in February of this year reported: “Economic issues again lead Gallup’s measure of what Americans see as the most important problem facing the nation.” The Gallup survey results… Continue Reading  

Is the Bubble about to Burst in Farmland Prices?

Is the Bubble about to Burst in Farmland Prices?

June 2, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

After nearly 20 years of rising farmland prices, the Chicago and St Louis Federal Reserve arms reported the first drop in farmland prices during the first quarter of 2014. There are some key fundamental reasons why this is a lasting… Continue Reading  

Pre-Due Diligence

Pre-Due Diligence

May 22, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

The time to consider getting your business ready to sell is not when you’ve engaged a broker to market what you’ve worked long and hard to build. It’s not when that broker has put together a marketing book and generated… Continue Reading  

U.S. Economy May Stutter Step in 2014 Due to Trucking Capacity Constraints

U.S. Economy May Stutter Step in 2014 Due to Trucking Capacity Constraints

May 5, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

The outlook for the trucking industry should be improving as weak first quarter profits become a blur in the industry’s rear view mirror with a snap back in demand due to warmer temperatures and historical rate increases throughout the industry…. Continue Reading  

Cephalon, Inc. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories LTD. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc.

Cephalon, Inc. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories LTD. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc.

April 15, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

In the ongoing battle to keep generic drugs off the market, Cephalon, Inc. filed suit against Dr. Reddy Laboratories, Ltd. (“DRL”) claiming patent infringement on its TREANDA patent arising from DRL’s filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to… Continue Reading  

Youth Development Key to Detroit’s Restructuring

Youth Development Key to Detroit’s Restructuring

April 1, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

While the Detroit bankruptcy and related restructuring of debt and retiree obligations are getting the headlines, even more important to Detroit’s long term success is dealing with the very serious social issues facing the City. With up to an estimated… Continue Reading  

Business Valuation in Divorce Proceedings

Business Valuation in Divorce Proceedings

March 10, 2014  | Posted by: oadmin

Divorce proceedings and the judicial infrastructure that governs them are inherently complicated, particularly when one or both of the parties own a business. Contingencies must be juggled, extenuating factors, such as a buy/sell agreement, must be measured, and all interests… Continue Reading  

Due Diligence and the Importance of Conducting Yours

Due Diligence and the Importance of Conducting Yours

February 3, 2014  | Posted by: Patrick O'Keefe

Buy and sell side transactions are an opportunity for middle market shareholders to greatly enhance their enterprise. In fact, these transactions can often be the most important milestone in any given year. As a result, due diligence employed prior to… Continue Reading  

Update

Update

January 17, 2014  | Posted by: Patrick O'Keefe

I am sure at 2:31 pm yesterday, immediately after Judge Rhodes ruling, the City and the Swap Bank’s financial advisors and attorneys were wondering why they spent the Christmas holidays in long sessions negotiating and not sitting around a fire… Continue Reading