Welcome

Welcome to Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.  The purpose of this blog is to provide useful information to the business community and the public in general about business law and corporate legal matters.  I hope to provide information that is useful to start-ups, to entrepreneurs, and to those who are operating successful businesses that are affected by developments in the corporate law area.  I will discuss matters involving corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and general partnerships.  These discussions will involve the formation of these legal entities, practical operational issues, and important current developments.  

            In addition to business and corporate law, I will also discuss topics involving the sale of businesses through stock sales, mergers, sale of assets, and other legal structures that are appropriate and strategic for the transfer of ownership of a business.  This is a topic that faces many successful businessmen and women and it can be one of the most important transactions a business owner faces in the life of his/her business.  With over 30 years of experience in these types of transactions, I hope to provide answers that the common business owner can use if he is planning a business sale or purchase transaction or if he/she is approached by a potential buyer who proposes to buy his business.  After all this can be the opportunity to cash in on all the hard work it took to build the business.

            I have handled hundreds of transactions of this nature over the past 30 years, and I am hopeful I can use that experience to provide practical and helpful information to business owners and those who are contemplating starting a business.  I also hope that my blog posts prompt lively discussions and that these issues are debated and examined. 

I look forward to the challenge, and I look forward to hearing from you.  If you have input please leave a comment or if you would like to contact me directly you may do so by email by using the email widget located on the left-hand side bar.

            Richard W.  Jones is an attorney with the Atlanta, Georgia law firm of Jones & Haley, P.C. and he has over 30 years experience representing clients in corporate business matters as well as in mergers and acquisitions and the sale and purchase of businesses.  See our web site at www.corplaw.net.