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.
Keeseville is a village in both Clinton County, New York and in Essex County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,850 at the 2000 census. The village is named after the Keese family. The Village of Keeseville is in the Town of Au Sable (or Ausable), New York and the Town of Chesterfield. Keeseville is south of Plattsburgh. It is also inside the Adirondack Park.