Course description
As well as protecting sellers against the risk of warranty claims, the disclosure letter is a heavily negotiable and crucial part of the sale of shares and assets. If any of your legal work is in the field of corporate transactions, it is therefore vital that you have a clear understanding of the legal issues involved in disclosure.
Steven Mather presents this live and interactive broadcast which will look at the case law which sets out the rules for full, fair and accurate disclosure so that sellers can be sure they have maximised the protection available to them, and buyers can ensure that they will not be caught out.
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Introduction
Once seen merely as a document which tried to provide the seller with some protection against the risk of warranty claims, the disclosure letter has become one of the key documents in any sale of shares or assets, and a heavily negotiable part of the process.
This online workshop session will look at the case law which sets out the rules for full, fair and accurate disclosure so that sellers can be sure they have maximised the protection available to them, and buyers can ensure that they are not caught out.
If you have some experience of corporate transaction work but are looking for a clearer understanding of the legal issues involved in disclosure and tips on how to make those rules work in your favour, then this course is for you. It will be of value to anyone who deals with corporate transaction work under UK law.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- The disclosure letter in context: what are you trying to achieve?
- Protecting the seller
- What is 'full, fair and accurate disclosure’
- Recent case law
- General disclosures - do they work?
- Distinguishing actual, constructive, implied and deemed knowledge
- How to create an effective disclosure bundle
- The buyer's response - making sure you've got the detail and considering the alternatives
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