make sure you’re looking at the big picture.
by marc rosenberg
this post applies only to transactions that are true mergers, which require the sellers to sign the buyer’s partner agreement.
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in a sale, the owner(s) of the seller don’t sign the buyer’s partner agreement because they won’t become owners of the buyers.