Preparing to Sell or Buy
A common misconception is that a business manager can decide to buy or sell
a company today, and simply close the deal within a few weeks. That might
be the case on rare occasions, but an M&A transaction is usually complicated
and may take months, or even years in some rare cases, to finalize. Large
company transactions requiring regulatory or antitrust approval may not be
approved at all, but may tie up both companies for extended periods of time
in dealing with the involved regulatory bodies