How to execute a divestiture from a legal perspective

Divestiture

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Divestitures from a Legal Perspective

Corp dev plays a huge role in selling a business, but the legal team also plays a crucial role. In this episode, Andrew Gratz, Chief Privacy Officer, and Associate General Counsel at LyondellBasell, talks about what a divestiture looks like from a legal perspective.

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Andrew Gratz, Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel at LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB)

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Divesting a business is never easy. And while corporate development plays a huge role in the preparation, the legal team also plays a crucial role, but on a very different approach.

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In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Andrew Gratz, Chief Privacy Officer, and Associate General Counsel at LyondellBasell, talks about what a divestiture looks like from a legal perspective.

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Things you will learn in this episode:

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Divestitures vs carve-outs
When should the legal team be involved in a divestiture
Things to watch out for when selling a business
The importance of first impression on your legal documents
Do's and don'ts of transition service agreements

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Andrew Gratz

Andrew manages the seven member legal team responsible for supporting LyondellBasell’s global mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions, sales contracts and arrangements ($20+ billion revenue) and capital projects in the Americas, and global government relations and public affairs groups.

He was profiled by the Houston Chronicle for advising senior management through one of the largest Chapter 11 restructurings in U.S. history, and recognized by Modern Counsel magazine for global management skills and legal leadership.

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