The Deal

JANUARY 25, 2024

billion in stock and assumed debt announced Monday, Jan. Kirman and Vlahakos advised NuStar on the 2018 simplification of its master limited partnership structure. Spottswood and V&E’s Matt Strock counseled Sunoco on the 2018 sale of 1,030 convenience stores to 7-Eleven for $3.3 announced Jan.

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Devensoft

JUNE 15, 2023

n mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategic recapitalization is an increasingly popular tactic that can help businesses maximize their success. Essentially, strategic recapitalization involves changing a company’s capital structure to achieve specific financial goals, such as reducing debt or improving cash flow.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 22, 2023

Liabilities represent the obligations a company has to outside parties, such as debts, loans, and accounts payable. For example, Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017 required careful analysis of the accounting equation to determine the financial impact of the transaction. For example, Apple Inc. reported total assets of $338.16

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

Update on Private Equity and Insurance Brokerages In our ,, previous article , we reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had not diminished the pace of mergers and acquisitions transactions we are seeing in the insurance agency and brokerage sector. The number of transactions we are working on has not abated.

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The Deal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

to Double Eagle Acquisition Corp. billion in 2018. The buyer will pay $3 billion for the target’s equity and assume $800 million in debt. A&O advised the target side when TDR Capital LLP sold Williams Scotsman International Inc. A&O’s William F. while Rothschild advised WillScot on the financing there. billion to $4.45

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The industry is dramatically fragmented and there are many opportunities for the acquisition of healthy smaller businesses with no clear succession plans. The predictability of the cash flows enables the acquiring entity to use debt in the capital structure, which dramatically increases the returns.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 18, 2020

In summary, we observed that: The most active acquirers continue to be highly interested in acquisitions. They have enormous amounts of dry powder that they must deploy and continue to have access to very inexpensive debt. And, in fact, the number of transactions in 2020 exceeded the amount for the same period in 2018.

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M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Art of M&A® / Due Diligence An excerpt from The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide by Alexandra Reed Lajoux Editor’s Note: A growing number of M&A professionals are pursuing the Certified M&A Specialist, or CMAS ® credential. More details are specified in the acquisition agreement.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 14, 2023

The Art of M&A / Due Diligence An excerpt from The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide by Alexandra Reed Lajoux Editor’s Note: A growing number of M&A professionals are pursuing the Certified M&A Specialist, or CMAS™ credential. More details are specified in the acquisition agreement.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Augmentum launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient capital and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines and giving public markets investors access to a largely privately held investment sector during its main period of growth. Managed by IP Group and North East Finance.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

It also offers access to the private equity firm’s valuable experience of supporting companies’ expansion, both organically and through acquisitions. Capital is available, valuations have started to normalise and the debt markets are still supportive – albeit with greater scrutiny and higher costs.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 11, 2020

Acquisition agreements typically require the target company to operate in the ordinary course of business in all material respects and to refrain from taking certain specified actions between signing and closing. 2018-0927-SG (Del. 2018-0300-JTL (Del. But interim operating covenants may see more action. Rent-A-Center Inc. ,

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

trillion in 2018 and 2019, respectively [1]. The higher interest rates escalated borrowing expenses, making mega-deals (deals valued at $5 billion or more) significantly more expensive, due to their heavy reliance on debt financing, and impacted valuation multiples with higher discount rates. trillion – representing a 10-year low.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases. [1] billion leading the pack. in 2022 to 5.9x

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sica | Fletcher closed 125 transactions in 2020 (our best year ever, and again, , leading the league tables ) in comparison with 92 in 2019 and 79 in 2018. And as of today, the most active acquirers continue to be highly interested in acquisitions. trillion over the next decade.

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Sidley Shareholder Litigation

MARCH 25, 2025

(Dura Medic or Company) against affiliates of Comvest, a private equity backer that acquired Dura Medic in 2018 through subsidiary affiliates. The claims focused in particular on Comvests subsequent extension of debt and equity financing to the Company without approval by disinterested and independent decisionmakers.

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Beyond M&A

MARCH 17, 2025

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Over the course of the year, many of the headwinds that have slowed tech M&A activity since 2022 began to abate as interest rates moderated, the acquisition financing market returned and equity markets reached new highs. billion acquisition of Altair, IBMs pending $6.4 billion take-private acquisition of Squarespace.

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