Purchasing ESOPs (employee stock ownership plan)

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by a searcher
in Washington, DC, USA

3yrs ago

Purchasing ESOPs (employee stock ownership plan)

Does anyone have any experience or any advice with purchasing ESOPs?

I came across one company with structured like this, and I'm wondering whether there's any complication in purchasing one, and whether it's worth buying one in the first place.

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reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from University of Illinois at Urbana in Ann Arbor, MI, USA

^redacted‌, I just closed acquisition of target with small ESOP stake. I'm happy to fill you on on my experience, and more importantly, I have a couple good lawyers to connect you with. DM me.

reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from University of California, Berkeley in San Francisco, CA, USA

^redacted‌ thanks for the tag. I have advised clients on strategic alternatives including structuring ESOPs when I was in banking. Definitely not a one size fit all strategy and quite complicated and costly. Happy to share the little that I know. PM me.