It doesn't matter, we've been selling businesses public and private for over 30 years. Even had spoken to FBI once, not illegal. No license needed. Period.
That was 14 years ago! That has nothing to do with todays CLSI merger that was already completed in the past weeks! Why all the speculation? A simple phone call and you would have that info in a minute!
Is he a legal broker to have brokered the deal in the first place? That seemed to be a problem in the past - as he wasn’t back then.