Legally Speaking: Buying assets or equity

Question: I’m considering buying a competing equipment dealership. I’m being told that I should buy the assets rather than the equity of the target business because, if I do that, my company won’t assume any of the seller’s liabilities. Is that true?

Find James Waite’s answer to this question in the January issue of Rental Management magazine.

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