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.
Pooler is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. According to the most recent US Census Bureau estimate (2008), the population is 14,875, an increase of more than 100 percent since the official 2000 census (the population in 2000 was 6,239). Pooler is located northwest of Savannah near I-95 and is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.