Acquisition Law and Legal Definition
Acquisition, in the corporate context, refers to when one firm buys majority interest in another, but both retain their identities. Acquisitions require significant time and financial expense, and involve many uncertainties. Less than half of the initiated transactions to buy a particular business actually complete. The steps include:
- determining investment objectives
- searching for the right opportunity
- valuing the business
- a detail investigation of the business prior to investment
- negotiating and managing the transaction and
- closing the deal
Legal Definition list
- Acquiring Bank
- Acquirer
- Acquired-Rights Doctrine
- Acquired Surplus
- Acquired Servitude
- Acquisition
- Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement
- Acquisition and Improvement Loan [Veterans' Relief]
- Acquisition Assistance [Transportation]
- Acquisition Cost of an Item of Purchased Equipment
- Acquisition Cost of Equipment [Education]
Related Legal Terms
- Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement
- Acquisition and Improvement Loan [Veterans' Relief]
- Acquisition Assistance [Transportation]
- Acquisition Cost of an Item of Purchased Equipment
- Acquisition Cost of Equipment [Education]
- Acquisition Credit
- Acquisition Debt
- Acquisition Fee
- Acquisition Indebtedness
- Acquisition Loan [HUD]
