Los Angeles
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are decision-driven, not document-driven. The right counsel does not simply paper a deal — they shape its structure, anticipate its risks, and protect the principal's position when negotiation, regulatory, or financial pressure tests it. Boyd Law APC represents founders, executives, and closely-held business owners across Los Angeles and Southern California in the transactions that define their wealth, company sales, strategic acquisitions, founder exits, family business succession, and the corporate maneuvers that follow a divorce or estate event. Our M&A practice sits at the intersection of corporate strategy, tax structure, and the personal financial outcomes that matter most to our clients.
01- Sell Side Representation
Founder Exits & Closely-Held Sales
For owners selling a privately held business — to a strategic buyer, a competitor, a private equity firm, or an internal management team — sell-side counsel sets the financial trajectory of the next twenty years.
Letters of intent and exclusivity provisions
Asset versus stock sale analysis
Earn-outs, escrows, and contingent consideration
Reps and warranties, indemnification, and survival periods
Coordination with investment bankers and tax advisors
02 — Buy-Side Representation
Strategic & Add-On Acquisitions
For founders, executives, and family offices acquiring a business or product line, the diligence and the deal structure are inseparable. We pressure-test both.
Letter of intent drafting and negotiation
Financial, legal, regulatory, and operational due diligence
Purchase agreement negotiation
Working capital adjustments and post-closing true-ups
Integration and transition planning.
03 — Family Business & Succession
Intergenerational Transfers
Closely-held and family-owned businesses face a different set of M&A questions: which child runs it, which child sells, how a non-active spouse is bought out, how the founder generation transitions out without destabilizing the business.
Buy-sell agreement drafting and review
Generational transfer structures
Family governance and shareholder agreements
Voting trusts and minority protection
Coordination with estate planning counsel.
04 — Divorce & Estate-Driven Transactions
When a Family Event Triggers a Deal
A divorce, a death, or a contested trust often forces a transaction that would not otherwise occur. We have particular depth in the M&A work that flows out of family law and trust matters — because we know both sides of that table.
Buyout of a spouse from a closely-held business
Sale of a marital business as part of property division
Distribution of business interests from a trust or estate
Coordination with family law and trust litigation counsel.
05 — Deal Structuring & Tax Coordination
The Outcome Lives in the Structure
Two deals at the same headline price can produce dramatically different after-tax outcomes for the principal. Structure matters more than purchase price.
Asset versus equity transaction modeling
Section 338(h)(10) and qualified stock purchase elections
Rollover equity and management retention
Earn-out tax treatment and timing
Coordination with CPAs and tax counsel.
06 — Post-Closing & Integration Counsel
The Deal Is Not Done at Signing
The risk does not end at closing. Working capital adjustments, indemnification claims, earn-out disputes, and employment transitions all play out in the months that follow. We see them through.
Post-closing working capital reconciliation
Indemnification claims and recovery
Earn-out measurement and dispute resolution
Transition services and management retention
Litigation if a counterparty breaches
