Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 1, 2024

Most platforms are seeking acquisitions in their home regions and are especially interested in larger, more diversified practices. Introduction Private equity groups began investing in the ear, nose, and throat and allergy space in 2018. growing solely through acquisitions). For example, Adding physicians and other providers.

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In October 2018, CFIUS (the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) launched a pilot program to require mandatory notification of certain non-controlling investments by foreign persons in U.S. In July 2018, the U.K. Technological superiority is now commonly equated with national security. There is no indication that U.S.

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M&A Leadership Council

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The Art of M&A® / Post-Merger Integration and Divestitures An excerpt from The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide by Alexandra Reed Lajoux COMMITMENTS to EMPLOYEES Why is it important to make and keep commitments to employees? 2459 (2014). Lajoux, Alexandra Reed with Capital Expert Services.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 28, 2024

A typical ophthalmology PPM was founded in 2018 and has completed ten total acquisitions since (and thus, is now partnered with ten practices). A more typical pace has set in since the flurry of initial ophthalmology acquisition activity quieted down. We also see them being aggressive about acquisitions.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Over the last decade the use of R&W insurance in merger and acquisition transactions has grown exponentially. From 2008 to 2018, the total R&W policies bound per year in North America rose from 40 deals, providing $541 million of coverage to 1500+ R&W insurance transactions, providing aggregate coverage of $38.6

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For instance, consider Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity in 2016. Remember the tumultuous acquisition attempt of Unilever by Kraft Heinz in 2017? Bankers, when guiding a company through a merger or acquisition, usually charge a retainer fee to ensure their intensive labor is compensated, like in the AT&T-Time Warner deal of 2018.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2018

M&A practitioners have long advised boards of directors that the Delaware courts have never found that the events or circumstances in a particular transaction met the contractual standard of having a material adverse effect (or MAE) as defined in a merger or acquisition agreement. 2018-0300-JTL (Del. In its decision in Akorn, Inc.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 5, 2020

In 2017, the Company began experiencing financial difficulty as it worked to update its flagship product, and in early 2018 it formed a special committee of its three independent directors to consider options for additional ways to raise capital. Noting iSubscribed’s initial offer of $3.50 per share, and the eventual merger price of $3.68

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 24, 2020

In the wake of record-setting volume and value metrics in 2018, practitioners eyed the 2019 deal market with healthy skepticism. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are particularly focused on acquisitions of “nascent technologies” by incumbent high-tech platforms. Detailed below are our “notes from the field” for tech M&A in 2019.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 13, 2023

The company itself was formed in 2018 by another PE firm, General Atlantic, which is selling out of its position in the new deal. There has been a marked increase in PE acquisition and consolidation of oncology practices over the past two decades,” said Dr. Michael Milligan, a radiation oncology resident physician who led the study.

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Wizenius

MARCH 25, 2023

The company made a provision for this amount, which was later added back to EBITDA during negotiations with potential buyers of BP assets. In 2018, Facebook reported an unrealized gain on its investment in Chinese company Meituan-Dianping. billion during 2018, resulting in an unrealized gain of $800 million. billion to $2.4

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

2018), available at [link]. [2] 2018), available at [link]. [2] 2018-0730-JRS (Sept. And, if the original buyer elected to accept the termination fee, the target company and intervening buyer would achieve the desired deal certainty. 1] See Adam Kilgore, The run-pass option was born in high school and took over college.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 11, 2020

We have seen this exclusion receive increased attention in ongoing negotiations, but expect it to become commonplace consistent with the prevailing theory underlying MAE definitions that exogenous factors generally should not count toward a material adverse effect (except to the extent they disproportionately affect the relevant company).

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

5] Accordingly, definitive agreements for public company acquisitions almost universally contain a condition to the closing of the transaction that such stockholder approval has been obtained. Stockholder litigation. As always, ambiguity begets litigation. The risk tolerance of the high-vote stockholder and the dual-class company’s board.

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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. Bridges was attracted by the organic growth opportunity presented by the school catering market, as well as the clear scope for growth through acquisition (‘buy and build’).

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). Once a SPAC sponsor is chosen, a business combination agreement can typically be lined up and announced within six weeks.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

The Regal appraisal proceeding arose from Cineworld’s acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group in February 2018. This post will explore some of the potential ramifications of that decision, along with other noteworthy takeaways from appraisal decisions since Aruba. .

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Transactional Delights

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Leaks usually happen when there’s a stalemate in negotiations and can skew in the target’s favor in that the target may see a pop in its publicly traded price. Afterall, most of the negotiations for the LVMH – TIF merger started in October 2019, months before the expiration of the standstill. b) or Section 8.1(c)

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

trillion in 2018 and 2019, respectively [1]. billion tie-up between Inmarsat and Viasat was cleared by both regulators, Adobe’s $20 billion proposed acquisition of Figma was abandoned in December 2023 following regulatory pressure. trillion – representing a 10-year low. trillion and $4.09 For example, while the $7.3

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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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