Charlie Mitchell, President, Mitchell Automotive Services While working with clients on Asset Purchase Agreements (APA), many questions about Fair Market Value, the most common type of appra... Read more
Consumers, especially younger ones who have grown up using their mobile phones to do all their shopping, don’t trust and don’t want to go to auto dealerships. They increasingly want to do th... Read more
By George M. Taylor, III, Burr & Forman Many dealership lawyers tend to represent what is commonly referred to as “serial acquirers,” that is, existing dealers who repeatedly purchase ad... Read more
By Dale Huggins, Total Dealer Solutions Service parts, fixed assets — such as dealership-owned office equipment, phones, and furnishings – and special tools account for hundreds of th... Read more
By Christian J. Scali, Halbert Rasmussen, and Gus Paras – Scali Rasmussen In a simple asset purchase agreement (an “APA”), a seller makes warranties about assets, a buyer purchases the... Read more
Stock Purchase Agreements – Knowing when to use them and structuring them for a Buy-Sell transaction
By Kevin E. Timson, Esq., Bellavia Blatt, PC Buyers often acquire a franchised auto dealership through an asset purchase agreement, where they purchase all, or substantially all, of the deal... Read more
By Fred O’Halloran – MD Johnson, Inc. Over the past year, I have read articles by highly-regarded automotive attorneys detailing the benefits of using a broker or M&A specialist to... Read more
By George M. Taylor, III – Burr & Forman With basic acquisition agreements, the front end of the document is loaded with provisions that are of critical importance to the dealer. F... Read more
