A few of the most common mistakes in M&A transactions include poor due diligence, quantifying value in the wrong way, and not getting comfortable with the integration.

When planning an acquisition or divestiture, companies need a wealth of information in short periods of time. The same information needed for investors, tax regulators and service providers is also required by everyone else. It’s easy to share data spreadsheets, but getting a clear picture of the “big picture” is hard without proper recordkeeping.

Getting an audit is like getting a full medical checkup, except that you are mandated to get this checkup by the government and the appropriate regulatory authorities to ensure that your organisation is in good regulatory standing while carrying out it’s functions. 

If you ordinarily use emails, or email marketing in your business, then you should see that you atleast become privy of relevant provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act (A Compliance Guide for Business), and the implications thereof.

It is understood that a duly incorporated company possesses a legal personality i.e. is seen as a person distinct from its founders. It has the rights of a physical person and can buy, sell, sue or be sued. It then becomes a valid question, how does a company which is an abstraction perform all of these functions? Through its officers e.g. Board of Directors, Employees, Contractors etc. 

Recently, In the wake of an alleged plan to exit Nigeria, the Federal High Court in Lagos has made an order of mareva injunction barring Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited from transferring its assets out of jurisdiction over a $10m judgment debt.

For many years the Law, as it relates to Sports, has continued to evolve. The sweeping changes in the commercial context of Sport have included changes in sports stars’ contracts, Merchandising, Agency, Health Insurance, Image rights and Intellectual Property. Sport law is indeed a field of law that has proven to be incredibly vast and a minefield of evolving laws.