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Beswick & Wine on Buying and Selling Private Companies and Businesses `


ISBN13: 9781526535405
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781526516121
To be Published: December 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £165.00





Structured to reflect the process in practice, Beswick and Wine on Buying and Selling Private Companies and Businesses focuses on the key commercial, tax and legal issues that arise from business sales. By addressing fundamental issues from the perspective of both the seller and the purchaser it is a perfect handbook for all those involved in such acquisitions.

From due diligence through to completion of the share purchase or business transfer agreement it contains clear, expert advice.

The 12th Edition has been updated to include:

  • Merger law changes including those in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
  • Company law changes in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
  • Changes to taxation, including capital gains tax on business sales

The book includes case law such as:

  • MDW Holdings Limited v James Robert Norvill, Jane Rosemary Norvill and Stephen John Norvill [2022] EWCA Civ 883 (deceit and warranties on sale of a business)
  • BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 (directors' duties)
  • Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Barnsby [2023] EWHC 2284 (Ch) (directors' liability)
  • Decision Inc Holdings Proprietary Ltd v Garbett [2023] EWHC 588 (Ch) (warranties)

It also includes checklists, draft enquiries, letters of disclosure and a specimen completion agenda, together with an accompanying electronic download containing all the precedents in the work.

Subjects:
Commercial Law, Company Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
Contents:
Part I: The Seller's Perspective
Chapter 1: An overview of the sale process
Chapter 2: Assessment of marketability
Chapter 3: Preparing the sale
Chapter 4: Marketing
Chapter 5: Negotiation process

Part II: The Purchaser's Perspective
Chapter 6: An overview of the acquisition process
Chapter 7: Acquisition strategy
Chapter 8: The search process
Chapter 9: Negotiation
Chapter 10: Due Diligence

Part III: The Acquisition Agreement
Chapter 11: General principles
Chapter 12: Share purchase
Chapter 13: Business transfer agreement

Part IV: Post–completion
Chapter 14: Announcements and notifications
Chapter 15: Implementing changes to the workforce
Chapter 16: Stamp duty

Part V: Special Situations
Chapter 17: Buy-outs
Chapter 18: Buying and selling technology businesses

Part VI: Precedents