I didn't have a lawyer or financial advisor when I was 20, but I also hadn't closed a $5M sale, either. And when I did so (at a more advanced age), I certainly did.
It strains credulity to imagine that anyone, of any age, would be able to close such a deal without a lawyer or a banker being involved. (And believe me, when you show up at the bank with a $5M deposit, you get introduced to financial advisors, like, fast.)
Seriously: just the practical mechanics involved in the sale of a corporation requires a small team of professionals. No one hands a check for $5M to a "guy in a basement" without some due diligence, and that involves accountants, auditors, lawyers and bankers.
It strains credulity to imagine that anyone, of any age, would be able to close such a deal without a lawyer or a banker being involved. (And believe me, when you show up at the bank with a $5M deposit, you get introduced to financial advisors, like, fast.)
Seriously: just the practical mechanics involved in the sale of a corporation requires a small team of professionals. No one hands a check for $5M to a "guy in a basement" without some due diligence, and that involves accountants, auditors, lawyers and bankers.