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14Oct

The Latest Effort to Use Fraud to Overcome a No-Indemnity Deal—The Target’s Preparation of the Preliminary Closing Statement

The mere allegation of fraud has the potential of wreaking havoc with the carefully negotiated limits on liability specifically set forth in private company acquisition agreements. This is particularly true for the private equity seller distributing the proceeds of a portfolio company sale to its limited partners in reliance upon those limits on post-closing liability. And the use of robust and properly placed anti-reliance clauses to limit the universe of purported representations as to which...
By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-latest-effort-to-use-fraud-to-60772/

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