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Do You Need a Lawyer to Buy or Sell a Business? Yes — And Here’s Why Legal Creativity Matters

June 9, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Example 3: Employees and Non-Competes
If the seller is staying in the industry, a strong lawyer ensures airtight non-competes. If employees are moving to the buyer, their contracts might need to be rewritten. These aren’t just legal formalities — they’re key to protecting business value.

Filed Under: Buy a Business, exitplanning, Immigration and Business Buying for Foreign Nationals, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: businessbroker, cbi, cepa, ibba, lawyer, michaelshea, Transworld

Do you trust your wife?

March 22, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

So there is this great scene in Shawshank Redemption where Andy Dufresne and the other prisoners are on the roof of the prison tarring the roof on a detail.

The lead guard Captain Hadley finds out he just received inheritance from his dead brother of $35,000. (Now if you do not like profanity do not watch this scene.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: attorney, entrepreneurs, lawyer, professionals, shawshank

Legal and Financial Due Diligence: Main Street Vs Wall Street

July 19, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

Main Street-type transactions are typically smaller-scale deals involving the sale or acquisition of small businesses, often conducted within the same local community. These transactions may include the purchase of a restaurant, a retail store, a small manufacturing business, or a local service provider. The due diligence process in Main Street transactions is more straightforward and less complex compared to M&A transactions, owing to the relatively smaller scope and scale of the businesses involved.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #duediligence, brandon, businessales, clearwater, cpa, lawyer, mainstreet, mergers, risk, stpetersburgflorida, tampa, wallstreet

How do you value and sell your retail business?

April 28, 2023 by Michael Shea PA

How to Sell a Business in Florida Valuing and selling a retail business can be a complex process. Here are some steps you can take to value and sell your retail business: Determine the value of the business: The value of a retail business is typically calculated based on the company’s revenue, profit margins, assets, […]

Filed Under: Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: businessbroker, lawyer, michaelshea, retail, tampa, tampaflorida, valuation

What is my business worth?

November 15, 2022 by Michael Shea PA

Valuing a business is an art and a science. Your accountants and lawyer work in exact methodology set out by the Appraisal Standards.  The real question is what can you sell it for in the market. We will tell you a range based upon the market, comparable like sales, and economic factors on the horizon […]

Filed Under: Buy a Business, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: #sellmybusiness, #value, businessbroker, businesses, cpa, lawyer, smallbusiness, Transworld, whatismybusinessworth

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