Cooperatives - A Valuable Tool for the M&A Lawyer’s Toolkit - Webcast
March 2017
The M&A Breakfast Series
Cooperatives - A Valuable Tool for the M&A Lawyer’s Toolkit
Co-sponsored by the M&A Subsection of the CBA Business Law Section
Program Description:
Business succession planning and business conversion transactions often hinge on tax considerations and sale price, but many business clients also care about their employees, leaving a positive legacy, protecting the hard-earned good will of customers and the community, and leaving the business in the hands of capable management. A centuries old business model – the Cooperative – is experiencing a renaissance as baby-boomer business owners look to retire and sell, without undermining the seller’s values or legacy. Whether selling to employees, consumers, or multi-stakeholder owners, the cooperative entity form is robust, flexible, and optimizable to a wide variety of objectives. We will explore the hallmarks of a business conversion or M&A transaction for which a cooperative is a suitable or even optimal alternative. Dusting off the cooperative entity form, we will highlight the familiarity of the cooperative form to the M&A attorney. We will discuss the corporate, tax, governance, structural, financing, and other considerations of an M&A transaction to or involving the cooperative entity.
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PROGRAM AGENDA
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Cooperatives: A Valuable Tool for the M&A Lawyer’s Toolbox
- Use of the Cooperative for Your Business Owner Clients Retiring and Selling Their Businesses
- Hallmarks of a Business Conversion or M&A Transaction for Which a Cooperative is Suitable or Even an Optimal Alternative
- Corporate, Tax, Governance, Structural, Financing, and Other Considerations of an M&A Transaction To or Involving a Cooperative Entity
9:00 AM
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $79.00 |
| CBA Member | $59.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $29.50 |
| CBA Business Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CBA M&A Subsection Member | $29.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- Panel of Investment Bankers to Discuss 2016 M&A Market Expectations Compared to Actual
- Expectations for 2017 From the Perspective of Colorado Investment Bankers to be Discussed
- Legal Issues in M&A Transactions, and Trends in the Colorado M&A Market and in Structuring and Negotiating M&A Transactions to be Discussed by Investment Bankers