Ed Reitler: Legal Issues Startups Face

Video interview with Ed Reitler partner at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt.  He attended Harvard Law School (J.D., 1990), magna cum laude, where he was an Editor and a contributor to the Journal of Law and Public Policy and a contributor to the Harvard Journal of Legislation.  Ed handles a wide variety of corporate matters including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and joint ventures transactions. Ed handles a wide variety of corporate matters including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and joint ventures transactions.

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Ed Reitler: ‘Challenge to Startup Lawyers’

Video interview with Ed Reitler, partner at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt.  He graduated Harvard Law School (J.D., 1990), magna cum laude, where he was an Editor and a contributor to the Journal of Law and Public Policy and a contributor to the Harvard Journal of Legislation.  Ed handles a wide variety of corporate matters including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and joint ventures transactions. Ed handles a wide variety of corporate matters including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and joint ventures transactions.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Predator or Prey?

M&A language makes use of the words “predators” and “prey.” These terms may have some nasty connotations for you, but let’s agree for our purposes that there is a mutual choice involved and a positive outcome for both parties.  Instead of something dark and dangerous, a predator is someone with the financial and operational strength to purchase a business.  And prey is a business that actively seeks a buyer.

Many, many companies have become prey as a result of the current reshaping of the global economy.  But even in a healthy economy, the day will come when we become willing prey.  How do we become smart prey – able to reap the highest dollar final rewards of our efforts?

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