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Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Challenges to Sale of Company by Private Equity Controller, Assesses Transaction Under Business Judgment Rule Standard

JD Supra: Mergers

Authentix or the Company) to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP (BWE) in September 2017. The Carlyle Group Inc., in which he rejected plaintiffs claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc. By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

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Nevada Supreme Court Follows Delaware In Overruling Gentile v. Rosette

JD Supra: Mergers

In 2017, the Nevada Supreme Court held that a class action lawsuit should be dismissed for failure to plead a direct rather than a derivative claim. The Court did allow the plaintiffs to replead "equity expropriation " claims that might have been considered direct under the Delaware Supreme Court's holding. Parametric Sound Corp.

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Former Credit Suisse equities lead to take the helm as UBS global execution services head permanently

The TRADE

Hosie originally joined Credit Suisse in 2017 as its head of equities Asia Pacific, later assuming responsibility of the asset class for both Asia Pacific and EMEA and eventually taking up the role in a global capacity in 2023. He took up the role on an interim basis in March.

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TechCrunch Equity Podcast: 2017’s Top Tech Acquisitions and What’s in Store for 2018

Cooley M&A

The January 12, 2018, edition of TechCrunch’s weekly venture capital-focused podcast, Equity, looks back at the past year’s M&A transactions and evaluates what’s in store for 2018.

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Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

TechCrunch: M&A

The news comes four years after private equity giant Thoma Bravo acquired Imperva for $2.1 billion deal in 2017 to procure Gemalto , a company offering digital identification and data protection for industries such as banking. This includes a $5.5

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The TRADE announces the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution 2023

The TRADE

Find previous years’ recognised shortlists here: 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015. The shortlisted candidates will be handed their award during the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution awards ceremony, taking place as part of Leaders in Trading.

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Liquidnet promotes from within for head of international client trading EMEA

The TRADE

Jacobs has spent the last five years at Liquidnet, most recently serving as an equity trader – a role she held for the last three and a half years. This followed an internship at M&G Investments in 2017. Liquidnet has appointed Lara Jacobs as head of international client trading EMEA, The TRADE can reveal.

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