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Delaware Supreme Court Revives Stockholder Claims, Finding MFW Protections Were Not In Place Prior To Economic Negotiations

Shearman & Sterling

. ("EnCap"), a private equity firm with majority stakes in both Bold and Oak Valley, at the expense of Earthstone and its minority stockholders. 2014) ("MFW"), and the business judgment rule applied. 2014) ("MFW"), and the business judgment rule applied. M&F Worldwide, 88 A.2d 2d 635 (Del.

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Delaware Supreme Court Revives Stockholder Claims, Finding MFW Protections Were Not In Place Prior To Economic Negotiations

Shearman & Sterling

. ("EnCap"), a private equity firm with majority stakes in both Bold and Oak Valley, at the expense of Earthstone and its minority stockholders. 2014) ("MFW"), and the business judgment rule applied. 2014) ("MFW"), and the business judgment rule applied. M&F Worldwide, 88 A.2d 2d 635 (Del.

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Don't Be a Serial Dater When Selling Your Agency

Sica Fletcher

They are contacted by a potential buyer or solicited by someone who has sold their agency and try to negotiate with one buyer at a time. We are also the leading advisor to the private equity firms that are most interested in investing in insurance brokerages and in the private equity sponsored agencies that have been created in recent years.

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

InvestmentBank.com

For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report.

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Introducing a New Term: ‘Negotiauctions’

Focus Investment Banking

I recently learned that two separate tire/service chains I had met with over the years had each transacted with single buyers that knocked on their doors in what we call a “negotiated” transaction. Nokian could have chosen a “negotiated’ transaction with Gill’s Point S, but decided to use market forces to get closer to a market price.

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The Top Insurance Agency Buyers of 2024

Sica Fletcher

The late 2010s, however, saw an explosion of private equity activity that has dramatically increased that pool from 5 to more than 50. Private equity firms make up approximately 92% of the current buyer pool, making them the most common type of buyer that sellers will likely run into. Learn more at SicaFletcher.com.

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Seller Beware! Why You Need an Advisor If You Are Thinking about Selling

Sica Fletcher

As of today, there are at least 30 private equity sponsored brokers who are actively searching for acquisitions, plus other strategic players. Sica | Fletcher has the best network of strategic buyers and private equity clients in the country and has closed well over 250 transactions over the last three years.