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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.

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How Common are Postmerger Divestitures of Acquired Company Units?

M&A Leadership Council

Fundamentals of M&A: An Excerpt from The Art of M&A Book Series. By Alexandra Reed Lajoux, Board of M&A Standards/Founding Principal at CapEx . How Common are Postmerger Divestitures of Acquired Company Units? . It depends on how long a timeline for divestiture you are considering. What is a sell-off? . Recent U.S.