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.
Delcambre is a town in Iberia and Vermilion parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located twelve miles (20 km) east of Abbeville on Louisiana Highway 14 in the Cajun Heartland of Acadiana. The population was 2,168 at the 2000 census. The Iberia Parish portion of Delcambre is part of the New Iberia Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Vermilion Parish portion is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.