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Brexit impact This content is likely to be impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For information on how leaving the EU will affect environmental law, see Practice...
This Practice Note is part of the Environmental transactions asset purchase toolkit. It has been produced in partnership with ELM Law. Technical due diligence If there...
The asset purchase agreement (APA) will typically be drafted during the preliminary or due diligence phase and finalised during this phase. Negotiations will extend right...
Sellers will often use a virtual data room (a restricted access internet site set up by a service provider on behalf of the sellers, as distinct from a ‘physical’ data...
This Practice Note is part of the Environmental transactions asset purchase toolkit. It has been produced in partnership with ELM Law. EHS...
In the due diligence phase the buyer’s lawyers and other advisers have the opportunity to investigate the legal, technical and financial performance of the...
This Practice Note is part of the Environmental transactions asset purchase toolkit. It has been produced in partnership with ELM Law. When is an indemnity...
When is environmental insurance appropriate? Environmental insurance may need to be considered in the following situations: • an environmental report identifies...
For more information, see: Post-completion environmental issues (asset purchase)—checklist. Deal with any EHS issues highlighted in the legal due diligence...
The majority of the completion and post-completion tasks in an asset purchase transaction are undertaken by the corporate lawyers, such as: • completion...
Heads of terms The acquisition of a business (the target business) will begin with agreement of the main commercial terms including price, deal structure, due diligence...
Reviewing technical reports If a technical environmental report was obtained by the buyer during the due diligence phase (or provided by the seller in the...
Acting for a seller The Precedent: EHS warranties—asset purchase agreement—seller’s version contains a minimal set of environment, health and safety (EHS) warranties when...
This Practice Note is part of the Environmental transactions asset purchase toolkit. It has been produced in partnership with ELM Law. The following questions can be used...
Why are lenders concerned about environmental risk? The ever growing number of environmental laws has affected the way that lenders perceive environmental risk and has...
