Intellectual property: Discover what happens to the IP in a mergers and acquisitions deal

11/13/24 • 22 min

In this podcast, John Andrews speaks to specialist intellectual property lawyer Lakmal Walawage about how ip transfers during an M&A deal. They also talk about the value of IP and how important it is to understand the value and to audit your IP.

Previous Episode

The autumn statement what can we expect - a rise in capital gains tax?

The Government will deliver its first autumn statement on 30th October but what can businesses expect?
The mergers and acquisitions market has been busy, because there is a fear that capital gains tax will be increased.
In this podcast John talks to David Evans from Sedulo about the autumn statement and capital gains tax.

Next Episode

What are the risks in professional services M&A

In this podcast, John has been speaking to Kate Burt of HiveRisk about the risks that should be considered when involved in a law firm M&A deal or management buy out.
Kate talks about how to manage risk including considering AML and cyber security risks and she also talks about her journey from personal injury lawyer to running her own business.

The Deal Lawyer by John Andrews - Intellectual property: Discover what happens to the IP in a mergers and acquisitions deal

Transcript

00:00:00:00 - 00:00:34:14
Unknown
Hello, welcome to the Deal Lawyer Podcast. I'm John Andrews. Today I'm joined by my colleague Lakmal Walawage, who is the head of our intellectual property team at JMW. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you, John. Thanks for having me. So the topic this week is intellectual property in the context of sales and acquisitions of businesses. IP is obviously a key asset, which obviously which quite often gets overlooked in the process of the purchase process.