Paying for management dinner

by a searcher

1 week ago

When meeting with management of a potential acquisition target, I'm curious whether searchers / independent sponsors are paying for dinner when doing a site visit. What are the norms around this?

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member from Washington University in St. Louis

I think. buyer should pay

6 days ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

You should always make the intent to pay. Sometimes, the seller won't let you and will insist on paying, which is fine. Splitting bills has only recently become socially acceptable in millenial and younger circles. The old school way is whoever invites pays. I'm old school as well on this, I hate it when people invite to dinner and then want to split bills.

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