The phrase "a reverse acquisition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in the context of business transactions where a smaller company acquires a larger one, often to gain access to its resources or market presence.
Example: "The company announced a reverse acquisition that would allow it to expand its operations significantly."
Alternatives: "reverse takeover" or "reverse merger".
Early last year, to create an Internet presence, IMS proposed a complex transaction with a smaller company, the TriZetto Group, involving a reverse acquisition.
Upon his return to work, he traveled, completed acquisitions, including a reverse acquisition, and did many debt and equity transactions, all with his wife serving as his eyes.
Tilman Fertitta made a play for a reverse acquisition that would leave him in charge.
After corporate turmoil following Luxor's underperformance led to Bennett's departure from the company, a "reverse acquisition" of Gold Strike Resorts (whose partners included several former Circus executives) led to a shift in leadership.
Israeli-American investor took hedge fund GLG Partners public last summer via reverse acquisition with Nicolas Berggruen's Freedom Acquisition Holdings.
In each iteration of this analysis, the final ASL image, in reverse acquisition order, was removed and the GPC retrained.
On each side we then repeated the GPC analysis five times, progressively reducing the number of ASL scans available to train the classifier from six scans per session to one, performed in reverse acquisition order.
This has even gone to the extreme of reverse acquisitions, with parent companies being 'acquired' by a much smaller one in another nation.
The Murdochs, in a reverse of conventional merger-and-acquisition protocol, like to sort out regulatory issues and other potential sticking points, then strike deals.
Pace shares were suspended from trading because the acquisition would be a reverse takeover under UK rules.
Refinancing acquisition debt with a reverse mortgage also counts for this purpose, such as when a reverse mortgage is used to refinance a traditional mortgage that was used to purchase the home.
