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Bill Barlow

Co-Founder and Partner, Barlow & Williams. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Bill Barlow is an M&A attorney and the co-founder and partner at Barlow & Williams PLLC. He specializes in SaaS transactions, small business acquisitions, and search fund deals, often utilizing flat-fee legal structures.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything Bill Barlow said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

ACQUISITION STORIES Insight

Barlow: Hourly billing turns every efficiency gain by a lawyer into lost revenue

“If all you're doing is billing hourly, every, every efficiency gain you make as a lawyer is basically just lost revenue.”

Bill Barlow Aug 23, 2022 ▶ 9:18 Startup Acquisition Stories with William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams

ACQUISITION STORIES Insight

Barlow: Acquisitions Typically Collapse Due to Surprises in Financial Diligence

“When deals fall apart, they typically happen because something has come up in financial diligence. You know, income wasn't what you expected. Expenses were greater than what you expected, and so you typically don't want to be incurring a lot of legal fees unti…”

Bill Barlow Aug 23, 2022 ▶ 13:24 Startup Acquisition Stories with William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams

ACQUISITION STORIES Insight

Barlow: Buyer counsel only cares about core IP like patents and code assignment

“And as buyer counsel, the truth is that, like, we only care about the intellectual property that really is, you know, really kind of necessary and compelling for the business, right? Like, we want to know your patents. We want to know your trademarks. We want …”

Bill Barlow Aug 23, 2022 ▶ 15:58 Startup Acquisition Stories with William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams

ACQUISITION STORIES Disclosure

Barlow & Williams charges a 0.5% flat fee with $10,000 minimum

“So our thing is, as you mentioned, it's flat fee. So it's one half a percent of the transaction size with a minimum of 10,000 dollars.”

Bill Barlow Aug 23, 2022 ▶ 7:27 Startup Acquisition Stories with William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams

ACQUISITION STORIES Insight

Barlow: Negotiate Potential Deal-Breakers Upfront in the LOI

“Basically the idea is you want to kind of front anything that are big enough that they could potentially turn the deal south if you don't agree to them kind of upfront.”

Bill Barlow Aug 23, 2022 ▶ 13:02 Startup Acquisition Stories with William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Bill's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
ACQUISITION STORIESLEDGER	Co-Founder and Partner, Barlow & Williams	1	5	—	full record on Startup Acquisition Stories →