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Drinks With The Deal: Bracewell’s Austin Lee Talks Energy

The Deal

After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in accounting, Lee spent a year working in that field before becoming a landman, a role unique to the oil and gas industry. Landmen do title research on oil and gas properties and often negotiate leases and other operational and sometimes transaction agreements, Lee said.

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10(b)(5) & Full Disclosure Representations

What's Market

The scope and detail of these representations and warranties are often heavily negotiated and tailored to reflect not only the nature of the target and its business, financial condition, and operations, but also the relative negotiating strength of the buyer and seller. Observations. ” Observations.

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Pandemic-Related Deal Litigation Highlights Buyer Leverage in Transactions Requiring Debt Financing

Cooley M&A

In the event of a legitimate financing failure, a seller’s sole remedy would be to terminate the purchase agreement and collect the negotiated reverse termination fee. If the debt financing failed, Realogy’s sole remedy would be to terminate and collect the negotiated reverse termination fee. Let’s Just Settle.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

starting in the early 2000s and ending around the start of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and the second (SPAC 2.0) The panelists kicked off with a discussion of the acceleration of the SPAC market over the past twelve months, and how this current wave of SPAC activity—coined by some as “SPAC 3.0”—compares Increased Frequency and Size.

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Physician Practice Acquisitions: A Primer on Hospital & Private Equity Consolidation

InvestmentBank.com

In 2009 healthcare costs consumed 17.3% trillion accounting for 17.9% With larger physician networks and access to specialist’s hospitals also gain negotiating leverage with insurers and can participate in alternative payment models, such as capitated and bundled payments, through vertical integration. of GDP or $2.5

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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

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The growth of private credit can be traced back to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. Think about it this way: It is easier to negotiate bespoke partners via bilateral negotiation with a single partner than with tens of investors via a syndicate of investment banking middlemen. and how our process works.

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Stand-Alone Indemnities

What's Market

In addition to the general indemnities, the parties to M&A agreements often negotiate separate “stand-alone” indemnities that cover specific topics outside the general indemnities, usually without reference to an underlying breach of the representations, warranties, or covenants. investment banking, accounting, and legal fees.

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