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The Cooley Outlook for 2018 M&A

Cooley M&A

What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? One familiar technique used by sophisticated tech buyers is a holdback structure that subjects a portion of key employees’ merger consideration to revesting. See ABA Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Point Study for 2016-2017.

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Cyber insurance startup Coalition acquires privacy assistant Jumbo

TechCrunch: M&A

In 2018, Jumbo raised a $3.5 Last year, Index Ventures also led a $17 million round in the company at a $77 million post-money valuation. In its most recent funding round , the company raised a $250 million Series F investment at a valuation of $5 billion. Coalition has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.

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Key Components and Trends of CVRs in Life Sciences Public M&A Deals

The Harvard Law School Forum

In recent months, the life sciences industry has seen the reemergence of contingent value rights, or CVRs, in public company acquisitions as a way to bridge a valuation gap between buyers and sellers. Executive Summary This study addresses CVRs, the public M&A analog to the earnout used in private deals, which can be price-driven (e.g.,

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AngelList expands into private equity with acquisition of fintech startup Nova

TechCrunch: M&A

It took six years to reach $1 billion (in 2018), according to Kohli. In March of 2022, AngelList Venture ( which became AngelList late last year as it took over the main brand) turned to venture to fund its own growth — raising a $100 million Series B co-led by Tiger Global and Accomplice at a $4 billion valuation.

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Key Components and Trends of CVRs in Life Sciences Public M&A Deals

The Harvard Law School Forum

In recent months, the life sciences industry has seen the reemergence of contingent value rights, or CVRs, in public company acquisitions as a way to bridge a valuation gap between buyers and sellers. Executive Summary This study addresses CVRs, the public M&A analog to the earnout used in private deals, which can be price-driven (e.g.,

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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

And Navigant Consulting, a well-known publicly traded company, finished going private in 2019, after first selling its Disputes, Forensics and Legal Technology practice to Ankura in 2018, and then selling its remaining divisions to Guidehouse. Kelly Kittrell has more than 30 years of merger & acquisition and corporate finance experience.

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When Does Due Diligence Begin and Who Conducts It?

M&A Leadership Council

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. Lajoux, Alexandra Reed with Capital Expert Services.

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