In the law of corporations, a merger is effected when one or more corporations becomes a part of, or merges, with another corporation so that one ceases to exist and the other continues to exist. In a merger, the company that continues to exist retains its name and identity and acquires the assets, liabilities, franchises, and powers of the corporation that ceases to exist. Attorneys who practice in mergers and acquisitions (sometimes called M & A) represent corporations and other business entities in strategizing, negotiating, and carrying out transactions in which two or more companies or corporations combine into a single new entity, a merger, or where one business purchases and absorbs the assets of another, an acquisition.
Topock is a small unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It lies between Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City and southeast of Needles, California, on the California-Arizona border. Topock is known for being a boating town as well as being home to the Old Trails Arch Bridge which use to be the old Route 66 bridge featured in the film The Grapes of Wrath. Topock Marina located just off US 40 on Historic Route 66. Situated on the Colorado River between Needles and Lake Havasu City, the Marina is the traditional refueling point for boaters traveling between these two cities. Topock is the site of one of PG&E's recompression stations on its super-inch natural gas pipeline from Texas to San Francisco completed in 1930.