What is the definition of enterprise merger and acquisition, and what are its forms?

M&A includes two meanings and two ways. That is, mergers and acquisitions between enterprises are carried out on the basis of equality, voluntariness and equal compensation;

Obtaining the property rights of other legal persons in a certain economic way is a main form of enterprise capital management. Merger and acquisition of enterprises mainly includes three forms: company merger, asset acquisition and equity acquisition.

legal ground

Article 172 of the Company Law stipulates that a company merger may take the form of absorption merger or new merger. A company absorbs other companies for merger, and the absorbed company is dissolved. The merger of two or more companies to form a new company is a new merger, and the parties to the merger are dissolved.