LDP - The Legal Week http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/ Aimed at legal professionals, The Legal Week is the Liverpool Daily Post’s essential news and information resource for the region en Copyright 2009 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:22:03 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Blog: Two sides to the Venture Capitalist coin I know I mentioned last time that I was going to speak more this week of entrepreneurs who have sold their companies but there has been tremendous interest in the venture capitalist industry by the media and the taxes they pay so being more topical I thought I would elaborate further.
 
I have an offer on my desk at the moment from a VC for a business which illustrates the whole situation quite well. 

]]> http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/blog-two-sides-to-the-venture.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/blog-two-sides-to-the-venture.html Jonathan Brown Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:22:03 +0000 BLOG: Having millions in the bank is not that easy My normal working day as a solicitor for the past 17 years has been involved in the buying and selling of companies.

Every day in the Daily Post there is a mention of the sale of a company and each story will have a different interest angle.

In relation to the recent sale of Burton Foods to a private equity backed purchaser, the Daily Post has concentrated on the number of jobs that are likely to be lost at their Moreton factory.

]]> http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/06/blog-having-millions-in-the-ba-1.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/06/blog-having-millions-in-the-ba-1.html Jonathan Brown Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:33:33 +0000