The phrase "asset deal" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in business and legal contexts to refer to a transaction where specific assets of a company are purchased rather than the entire company itself.
Example: "The company decided to pursue an asset deal to acquire the manufacturing equipment without taking on the liabilities of the previous owner."
Alternatives: "asset purchase" or "asset acquisition".
This was an asset deal and we expected it to be in bad shape but it was worse than we expected it to be.
"When you talk about assets, if you look at the assets we have and the assets that went for Rasheed, it wasn't an asset deal in terms of player talent," Thomas said.
Interestingly, Roomkey.com says it acquired its technology platform from hotelicopter in an asset deal that closed in 2011.
Identified issues, like liabilities the buyer isn't assuming in an asset deal, or a specific problem, say taxes or the threat of a third party law suit, are often included.
"It's improved dramatically in 2010 as far as the quality of the new asset deals that are in the market," Ms. Bailey said.
But opportunists lament that truly attractive "distressed asset" deals still remain scarce.
The share swap between BP and Rosneft with the Arctic assets deal is no doubt done to please the Russians.
"Right now we should be focusing on doing everything we can to minimize the damage of the fire and protect the lab assets, deal with the human problems," Mr. Clinton said.
Mobile device management (MDM) company Mformation Technologies, which tried to juice millions of dollars from BlackBerry-maker RIM in a patent scuffle but ultimately failed, has been acquired by investment firm Clearlake Capital Group in an assets deal — the latest move aimed at capitalizing on the BYOD (bring your own device) trend.
Instead, investors are promised a certain level of capital growth by a set date in the future, the date that the investment trust is wound up and the assets dealt out.
He was a vice president of special assets, dealing with commercial loans for multifamily housing units.
