Business Sales & the Disposal of Assets: A Practical Overview for 2025

Introduction

This webinar offers a useful overview of business acquisitions where only assets are being disposed of. It will assist lawyers, accountants and directors to provide better and more commercially aware advice to clients required to raise finance for their companies.

The session is also suitable for those with a working knowledge of the subject, but who would derive benefit from a refresher or a degree of up-skilling.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Asset sale v share sale - what’s the difference?
• Advantages and disadvantages of an asset sale in 2025
• The process:
• Due diligence questionnaire
• Exclusivity agreement
• Confidentiality agreement
• Heads of terms
• Asset purchase agreement
• Typical warranties and indemnities
• Documents list
• Board minutes
• Logistical issues (assets, properties and individual contracts that require third party consents, and the implications for confidentiality)
• Requirement to release securities
• Implications of TUPE
• Tax implications (updated for 2025) for buyers and sellers (including CT, VAT, LBTT, SDLT and LTT)
• Tax reliefs available

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 21st May 2025

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