JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 29, 2024

UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. If successful, the lawsuit could result in Live Nation being forced to sell Ticketmaster despite regulators clearing the combination in 2010.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 15, 2024

Last month, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) released the 2023 Merger Guidelines (the “Guidelines”).

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) jointly released their long-anticipated final 2023 Merger Guidelines after a notice and public comment period, during which they received more than 30,000 comments. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 15, 2023

antitrust enforcers, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, the “Agencies”), released draft merger guidelines for public comment (“Draft Guidelines”). vOn July 19, 2023, the U.S. By: King & Spalding

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 25, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) issued their long-awaited draft Merger Guidelines. The draft Merger Guidelines, once finalized, will replace both the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the withdrawn 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines. By: Dechert LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 20, 2023

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission issued new draft Merger Guidelines on July 19 that aim to significantly increase scrutiny of merger activity. By: Paul Hastings LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 28, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) released for comment proposed joint merger guidelines which seek to replace the agencies’ vertical merger guidelines released in 2020 and horizontal merger guidelines released in 2010.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

On July 18, 2023, the DOJ Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission released new Guidelines detailing the principles that they intend to apply when reviewing mergers. By: Williams Mullen

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the Agencies) released a draft set of revised Merger Guidelines (the Revised Guidelines) to set forth the Agencies’ current view of the state of antitrust merger enforcement.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

Proposing a radically different conception of government enforcement merger guidelines, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), on July 19, 2023, jointly issued draft merger guidelines (“Draft Guidelines”) that would replace current Merger Guidelines, which were revised last in 2010.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) published Draft Merger Guidelines. By: Mintz

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a draft version of new Merger Guidelines (Merger Guidelines), which would replace the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines (the latter were rescinded by the FTC in September 2021).

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) issued revised Merger Guidelines (Proposed Guidelines) that if adopted would lead to increased antitrust scrutiny of proposed transactions.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 20, 2023

Today the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice released a proposed set of new Horizontal Merger Guidelines, to replace the current version adopted in 2010. The proposed Guidelines are open for public comment for at least 60 days, until September 18.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 24, 2024

Earnouts are most common when the volume of merger and acquisition activity falls, whether due to a recession (e.g., the 2008–2010 recession) or other external factors like the current increase in interest rates coupled with tight credit markets.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 25, 2024

HEC, founded in 2010 and based in Dallas, is an e-commerce retailer of flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA) eligible products and services. Capital has announced the acquisition of Health-E Commerce (HEC). HEC is the parent brand to FSA Store and HSA Store. By: McGuireWoods LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

in 2010, Kura, which had previously raised £3.8 A small U.K. startup that combined a school bus service with a software platform to safeguard pupils has been acquired by “smart buses” startup Zeelo, which last year raised a $14 million war chest for expansion. Founded in the U.K. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I started off my African PE journey back in 2010 with Helios Investment Partners. Please give us an overview of your experience in Europe and then Africa. How has that shaped your perspectives on PE in Africa?

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 17, 2023

The amendments affect the Law of 2010 on UCIs, the Law of 2007 on SIFs, the Law of 2004 on SICARs, the Law of 2013 on AIFMs and the Law of 2016 on RAIFs. This new law aims to further increase the competitiveness of the Luxembourg fund centre. By: Hogan Lovells

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 9, 2023

Upon its expiry on 31 May 2022, the 2010 Vertical Block Exemption Regulation was replaced by the 2022 Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) in the EU and the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order (VABEO) in the UK.

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 22, 2023

unconditionally…This approval has been granted based on the two key considerations during the merger analysis that; first, the transaction is unlikely to negatively impact competition in the market for digital credit; and second, the transaction will not elicit negative public interest concerns,” said CA in a statement. by Moniepoint Inc.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JUNE 16, 2023

Jordan, the former star of the Chicago Bulls, purchased the team in 2010.

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Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 28, 2018

The claims related in large part to the documentation of a reverse stock split by DWR in 2010 that had the unintended effect of diluting the number of shares of common stock into which preferred stock could be converted by a factor of 50. Separately, the Court rejected breach of fiduciary duty claims unrelated to the merger.

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Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 28, 2018

The claims related in large part to the documentation of a reverse stock split by DWR in 2010 that had the unintended effect of diluting the number of shares of common stock into which preferred stock could be converted by a factor of 50. Separately, the Court rejected breach of fiduciary duty claims unrelated to the merger.

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The Deal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sanjay Murti graduated from Georgetown University in 2010 and from Columbia Law School in 2014, when he joined Cravath as an associate. (SGMS) on the $6.05 billion sale of its global lottery services and technology business to Brookfield Business Partners LP (BBU) in 2022. He became a partner at the firm in 2022.

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The Deal

JULY 19, 2023

The deal is Exxon’s largest acquisition of a public company since its 2010 purchase of XTO Energy Inc. Davis Polk advised Exxon on those two deals as well as the 1999 merger that created ExxonMobil. Oliver Smith and Shanu Bajaj of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for counsel. Exxon’s most recent public company deal of note was the $3.9

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 3, 2023

Founded in 2010, EventMobi started as a mobile event app provider. We assure our community they are in the best hands and can expect even more powerful and seamless hybrid event solutions.” ” For EventMobi, the purchase complements the company’s existing events hosting and planning services and products.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Levin joined Intrepid in 2010 and completed transactions across the consumer sector. To support and accelerate the expansion of our practice, Brian Levin will join me as Co-Head and Gavin Daniels will add additional senior level experience to the practice, joining us as Managing Director in our San Francisco office,” said Seccuro.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

AUGUST 15, 2023

1] the Court denied dismissal of claims alleging that company officers breached their fiduciary duties by failing to provide adequate information to minority investors in connection with a tender offer by the controlling member and a subsequent squeeze-out merger. in cash in a squeeze-out merger. [6] in cash thereafter.

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The Deal

JUNE 15, 2023

James River, founded by Mitesh Amin in 2010, has six clinics and an office-based lab in the greater Richmond, Va. RC Capital, which has offices in Cincinnati and Raleigh, N.C., focuses on the healthcare services, medical device and healthcare IT sectors. In 2022 it was raising its seventh fund with a $300 million target.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 8, 2023

Since 2010, LABRADOR has also developed a very successful subsidiary in the United States with customers such as Delta, Google/Alphabet, Caterpillar, Activision, Moderna. Argyle is a leading advisory and creative services provider for US public company shareholder communications.

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How2Exit

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

He has been in the mergers and acquisitions space since the early 2000s and has helped thousands of businesses navigate the process of selling their companies. International, we delve into the intricacies of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) space and gain valuable insights into the art of buying and selling businesses.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

The firm, founded in 2010 in Los Angeles, recently announced additional key senior banker hires and the opening of offices in New York, Charlotte, Chicago, and Menlo Park. Lorie brings over 35 years of professional experience that encompasses the full spectrum of financial restructuring.

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Viking Mergers & Acquisitions

APRIL 17, 2023

Jimmy left Corporate America to assist business owners in selling their businesses in 2010. He joined Viking Mergers & Acquisitions in 2022 to serve the entire Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand area of South Carolina as well as the Wilmington, North Carolina, market. “I see my business engagements through a project management lens.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 26, 2023

The course’s current length is a direct result of several bad decisions , including: Listening to a Vocal Minority – In 2010 – 2013, many people on WSO, Analyst Forum, Reddit, etc., With the second version in 2010, the course length increased to ~20 hours. complained that our courses were “too basic.”

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For example, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 had adverse effects on the environment, local communities, and many businesses in the Gulf of Mexico region. For instance, when Apple became the first U.S. company to hit a $1 trillion valuation , it directly benefited shareholders.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 3, 2024

The second book I keep referencing is a book on negotiations – Getting More by Stuart Diamond (Crown Business, 2010). Michael McGregor is a Managing Director at FOCUS Investment Banking (focusbankers.com/tire-and-service) and advises and assists multi-location tire dealers on mergers and acquisitions in the automotive aftermarket.

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