Key Legal and Ethical Considerations in Deal Sourcing

Member resources:

Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

Post a question, deal, job, etc...

Make a post...

Complete registration to post.

by a searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
in Dallas, TX, USA

3mos ago

Key Legal and Ethical Considerations in Deal Sourcing

What are the key legal regulations and compliance requirements that investors must adhere to when sourcing deals, including securities laws, anti-bribery laws, and data privacy regulations to safeguard both the investor's interests and the interests of the deal sources?

2 Likes

99 Views

reply by a searcher 3mos ago
from Harvard University in Greenwich, CT, USA

Awesome question! Off the top of my head you've got: Sourcing: FCC - CANSPAM | Data Privacy (GDPR - Int'l) Securities: SEC Reg-D (Solicitation Rules), KYC/AML Reqs Fraud is Fraud - just bad in general and means you've violated any number of responsibilities in representing information to the best of your knowledge. That being said, Investors need to always be aware of where that liability sits as Intermediaries will typically have protections (included in NDA) and an incentive to represent the best possible version of the truth. Bribery is hilarious because - yes, bad - but really only if not properly disclosed (Capone was charged with Tax Evasion). In some states they have weird provisions that make this more likely (e.g. Sectionredactedl), Florida Statutes) - A transaction broker can represent a seller, a buyer or both in a real estate transaction but does not represent either in a fiduciary capacity.