So, your company is being sold and you want to know whether you should exercise your stock options prior to closing.  First you should confirm whether the transaction agreement (i.e., stock purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement, or merger agreement) provides...

For tax purposes, there are three types of equity that can be issued in a partnership or an LLC taxed as a partnership: capital interests, profits interests, and carried interests. Knowing what type of interest you own or are being granted is important, because there...

 So, you started a business and you issued a convertible note. You know, a loan that can be repaid with the equity of your start-up. The date of the note conversion has arrived and you’re busy calculating how many shares you need to issue when suddenly you get an...