Advice for the Bosses -- DeWese

A very wealthy and famous leader called me last week to make an offer for a $40 million printing company that I am presently representing. He didn't send a 12-page letter of intent or a complicated term sheet. Instead, he expressed the offer clearly in a few sentences and asked me to repeat the deal back to him. I was astounded. I have done deals where it took us a week just to decipher the offer.