ABSTRACT
Davanti associates met a few times after work in the cafeteria to discuss their interests in the sale of the company. Anika made arrangements to have coffee, espresso, and snacks freely available for everybody. Initially everyone talked randomly, but they respected each other enough not to interrupt. Some people promoted the idea to ask Davanti for cash out of the sale, prorated to years of service. Most in the group also wanted the right to veto a contract due to a potential buyer’s history: reputation for treating employees, environmental records, workplace safety violations, etc. Delatour Global, the Swiss accounting firm retained by Davanti to prepare the sale, had listed the company on the day of Junior’s town hall meeting. Sofia has scheduled a meeting with Mo, Ricardo, and Anika in Sofia’s office on succession planning.
