Dear Searcher Community,
I am planning to search by my own and invite investors to participate the upon acquisition. And I am also willing to put equity along with the Investors. In this form, do I need to form a formal legal entity during the Search Phase? Or I can set it up when there is more advanced with the Search?
Best regards,
Lingwei
Requirement for self-financed search
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by a searcher from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
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When you do buy a business, very likely you will form another new entity.
I am an M&A Intermediary. People who try to act "professional: just by having an entity, earn negative points.
We will not accept an NDA signed by an empty shell corporation. Such trickery disqualifies you even down the road even if you get past NDA.