Venture Best Spotlight Season Two Episode Two

The Department of Justice’s recent settlement with KKR serves as a reminder that preparing and submitting pre-merger notification filings pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act may not be the most exciting part of an M&A deal, but it can be among the most consequential. According to the government’s allegations, KKR engaged in a series of HSR compliance failures across at least 16 transactions, including omitted documents, altered documents, and, in some instances, a failure to make required filings altogether.

The buy-sell agreement was six years old. Nobody had looked at it since the day they signed it. That’s not unusual. Most haven’t been. You…

When you’re preparing to hire a business broker or investment banker, it’s easy to focus on fees and other financial terms of the engagement. While…