If you open the relevant (trade) journals, corporate transactions are mainly reported in connection with mergers & acquisitions (M&A) by or between large companies. However, corporate transactions involving small or medium-sized companies hardly receive any public attention.
However, they still take place and even make up the majority. If you look at the figures, it becomes clear why: 99% of companies based in Germany are small or medium-sized enterprises. They generate more than half of the added value, provide almost 60 percent of all jobs and around 82 percent of company apprenticeships. Politicians also like to use these facts for advertising purposes. Who hasn’t heard the oft-used slogan: “SMEs are the success factor of the German economy”?
This whitepaper (download) provides small and medium-sized companies with an initial guide on how a transaction process can be designed and successfully mastered and covers the following sub-processes:
- Overview of company audit (due diligence)
- Data protection due diligence
- IP Due Diligence
- Contract negotiation and signing
- The completion of the transaction and the integration of the target company into the existing structures of the acquirer
Do you have questions about the typical challenges? Please feel free to contact us.
The author and your usual contacts will be happy to answer any questions you may have!
Christian Schon
schon@tigges.legal
+49 211 8687 284