This 19-page research report written for telecommunications lawyers features strategies for preparing for a telecommunications merger and acquisition. The report covers the challenges and pitfalls in telecommunication M&As and the procedures to overcome them. Given from both the side of the buyer and seller, the authors provide steps that the telecom lawyer can take to expedite a transaction when structuring an M&A.

Other topics include:

• risk allocation
• compliance issues
• contingent liabilities
• dispute resolution issues
• unfunded liabilities
• upside or downside potential
• regulatory compliance
• acquiring a financially troubled company
• due diligence
• agency agreements
• interconnection agreements
• carrier to carrier contracts
• end user agreements
• asset purchase agreements
• anti-trust issues
• rights of approval
• stock versus asset acquisition
• intellectual property
• purchase price allocations
• payment schedules
• environmental issues

This Executive Report is written by:

• Andrew M. Klein, Managing Attorney, Klein Law Group PLLC - M&A Orientation
• Dan Waggoner, Chair, Communications Department, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - M&A Issues
• Robert E. Cattanach, Partner & Shannon M. Heim, Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney LLP - Properties of Telecommunications Mergers and Acquisitions
• Glenn S. Richards, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - "Preparing for an M&A"

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