Brette Simon

TEC Canada Speaker | National Speaker- YPO | Vistage Speaker

Brette is a seasoned corporate lawyer with extensive experience advising clients on capital raising, strategic alliances, and exit transactions across industries like media, healthcare, software, and branded consumer products. Since 1994, she has practiced at top firms including Bryan Cave, Jones Day, Sheppard Mullin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and O’Melveny & Myers. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she ranked first in her class and was editor of the UCLA Law Review, Brette also holds a magna cum laude degree in quantitative economics from UC San Diego. Recognized as one of the top 13 dealmakers in the U.S. middle market by “The Deal” and a winner of the inaugural “40 Under 40” award by The M&A Advisor, she has spoken at numerous industry conferences and Vistage chapters.

Brette Simon

TEC Canada Speaker | National Speaker- YPO | Vistage Speaker

Brette is a seasoned corporate lawyer with extensive experience advising clients on capital raising, strategic alliances, and exit transactions across industries like media, healthcare, software, and branded consumer products. Since 1994, she has practiced at top firms including Bryan Cave, Jones Day, Sheppard Mullin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and O’Melveny & Myers. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she ranked first in her class and was editor of the UCLA Law Review, Brette also holds a magna cum laude degree in quantitative economics from UC San Diego. Recognized as one of the top 13 dealmakers in the U.S. middle market by “The Deal” and a winner of the inaugural “40 Under 40” award by The M&A Advisor, she has spoken at numerous industry conferences and Vistage chapters.

Brette’s Topics

This talk focuses on getting your house in order to maximize valuation upon an exit or capital raise, which really resonates with entrepreneurs. Brette Simon provides practical suggestions which everyone can implement right away, and are best practices that all businesses should follow, even if they have no current plans to sell their company or raise outside capital.

Selling your business is one of the most important transactions in the life of your company. Yet many owners end up leaving money on the table or exposing themselves to unnecessary risk post-close due to a lack of understanding some of the nuances of how M&A deals are structured. In short, the devil is in the details. What provisions should you always include in the letter of intent? How do you maximize your chances of actually earning an earnout? What should you diligence before agreeing to take stock in the buyer? And what about that post-closing working capital adjustment?

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