{"id":4576,"date":"2026-11-04T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=4576"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:36:33","slug":"difference-between-spa-and-apa","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/faqs\/difference-between-spa-and-apa\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference Between SPA and APA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Difference Between SPA and APA:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2319\" data-end=\"2742\">\n<li data-start=\"2319\" data-end=\"2452\">\n<p data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2452\"><strong data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2328\">SPA<\/strong> <em data-start=\"2330\" data-end=\"2356\">(Share Purchase Agreement)<\/em>: The buyer acquires ownership of the company by purchasing its shares or equity interests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2453\" data-end=\"2742\">\n<p data-start=\"2455\" data-end=\"2742\"><strong data-start=\"2455\" data-end=\"2462\">APA<\/strong> (<em data-start=\"2464\" data-end=\"2490\">Asset Purchase Agreement<\/em>): The buyer acquires specified assets and liabilities rather than the entire company.<br data-start=\"2606\" data-end=\"2609\" \/>An <strong data-start=\"2612\" data-end=\"2622\">escrow<\/strong> is a <strong data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2652\">secure account<\/strong> in which a portion of the purchase price is held for a specified period to cover potential indemnity claims.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Difference Between SPA and APA: SPA (Share Purchase Agreement): The buyer acquires ownership of the company by purchasing its shares or equity interests. APA (Asset Purchase Agreement): The buyer acquires specified assets and liabilities rather than the entire company.An escrow is a secure account in which a portion of the purchase price is held for <a href=\"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/faqs\/difference-between-spa-and-apa\/\">&#8230; [Leer m\u00e1s]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[218],"class_list":["post-4576","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-frequently-asked-questions-about-buying-and-selling-businesses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4606,"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4576\/revisions\/4606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graftoncorporate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}