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SoftBank Needs a Hit, and It’s Betting on Arm

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Softbank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son, believes the chip design company he bought in 2016 is poised to reap the fruits of the A.I. revolution.

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Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

The Harvard Law School Forum

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock (discussed on the forum here ) and The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers (discussed on the Forum here ) both by Lucian Bebchuk and Kobi Kastiel. This post is based on a memorandum by Mr. Nussbaum, Mr. Roegge, Ms.

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Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in. Activists may be able to take advantage of high trading volumes to accumulate positions without early detection.

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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. Ultimately, the plaintiffs’ firms were awarded $1.9 Dual-class companies that emerged in other contexts (e.g.,

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Fifteen ways to raise £1 million in business finance

Growth Business

3) Aquis Stock Exchange Aquis Stock Exchange , run by NEX, allows businesses to raise capital through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). >See 7) Corporate venturing The IBMs and Boeings of this world rely on the ingenuity of small, specialist ventures to create the disruptive technology of tomorrow.

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