Cooley M&A

MAY 17, 2017

See our December 2016 client alert. thus far in 2017 and a few directors (four in 2016) failed to earn majority support. ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of “newly public” companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). in 2015 to 7.2%

IPO 52

IPO Government Advisory Corporation 52

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements.

M&A 59

M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

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.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

A healthy 90 biopharma M&A transactions were announced in 2021 (compared to 69 in 2020 and 70 in 2019, the most transactions since 2016). 2021’s SPAC activity was most intense in the first quarter, with 298 SPAC IPOs priced and 97 deSPAC transactions announced in the first quarter alone. on transactions over 2019’s mega?mergers.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Mergers 40

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The overall number of M&A deals in 2016 increased by 1% compared to the year before (Thomson Reuters), but this fact did not grab headlines because the dollar value of M&A deals fell by 16%, mostly due to a significant drop in blockbuster deals. Tech was the second busiest M&A industry in 2016 behind energy.

M&A 40

M&A IPO Pharmaceutical Valuation 40