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.
White Oak is a small rural community in Camden County, southeast Georgia, USA some miles north of the Florida state line. The Shaker Community at White Oak, Georgia was short-lived. In 1999, the only evidence of the site of the community is a side street named Shaker Way off Providence Church Road. Evidence that the community once existed here can be seen from space but not on the ground. White Oak is in the middle of swamps between Brunswick to the North and Folkston, Georgia to the West and Woodbine, Georgia to the south. It is a small farming community with a Pentecostal Church and no apparent businesses otherwise. The coordinates are:31.01'.55.32" North and 81.43'.50.74 West.