What type of lawyer is this?

floridadad55
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:06:18 +0000

There are antitrust laws in this country.

So let’s say Target merged with Walmart. (not so unthinkable—look how all the banks wind up merging)

The government might say that the combined company has too much of a market share in a particular city, and that the new company must therefore divest itself of some of the stores in that city.

And let’s say Target gives Walmart’s large stockholders stock in Target, in exchange for their Walmart shares. Such shares often have restrictions—such as they can’t be sold for a number of years.

And there are tax consequences, depending upon how the deal is structured. Should Target buy the outstanding Walmart stock out there in the marketplace. Or simply buy Walmart’s assets. Should the company become one company, or should Walmart become a wholly owned subsidiary of Target?.

There are probably many many more issues.