Side-By-Side Comparison of Key Independent Sponsor and Searcher Terms

There is often a blurring of the lines between independent sponsors and searchers engaged in a traditional search as participants in lower-middle market mergers and acquisitions transactions. The table below presents a side-by-side comparison of the key economic and governance terms in arms-length lower-middle market M&A transactions. It should be noted here, however, that searchers will often take a hybrid approach by borrowing what would otherwise be an independent sponsor term, and vice...
By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

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