The Deal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The firm is in negotiations with two other players at the moment and hopes to seal the deals by the end of the year, according to Mallouk. “We’re GS), formerly United Capital Advisers, which Goldman had scooped up in 2019 for $750 million. A week before acquiring the Goldman unit, on Aug.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Since that post, the Delaware Chancery Court has had the opportunity to consider some preliminary issues relating to certain of those jeopardized transactions involving private equity-backed buyers. Specific Performance Claims in M&A Context Generally Require a Trial.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MAY 12, 2023

Legal Context The principle of freedom of contract, which allows sophisticated parties to freely negotiate the terms of their agreements and to rely on the enforceability of such agreements is a cornerstone of Delaware law. May 15, 2019); Manti; Abry. [8] in the case of fraud). [3] in the case of fraud). [3] 6] Manti Holdings, LLC v.

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The following 10 key trends are underpinning hyperactivity in global M&A markets and are set to continue to shape deals well into 2019. In what remains largely a low organic growth environment, deals were being funded by the record levels of dry powder held by private equity and cash piles repatriated by U.S.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I recently learned that two separate tire/service chains I had met with over the years had each transacted with single buyers that knocked on their doors in what we call a “negotiated” transaction. We saw how in 2019, Les Schwab Tire Centers publicly announced that they hired Goldman Sachs to sell the company.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 20, 2023

In 2019 and 2020, the FireEye business accounted for 62% and 57%, respectively, of the company’s overall revenue. This case offers lessons for boards and potential private equity buyers in the importance of designing and following fair and open sale processes and preparing fulsome proxy disclosures. The short answer: no.

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Quest: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A year ago, experts mostly expected M&A activity to decline in 2020 compared to 2019, due to factors like trade tensions between the U.S. Among other things, interest rates are at historic lows; private equity firms in the U.S. In 2020, M&A activity lagged — and then soared. presidential election.

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IBG

JANUARY 31, 2023

It is very common for problems and issues to pop up during due diligence, so it’s important to stay proactive and be open to negotiation until the deal is finalized.” Such reports are increasingly common in larger transactions, especially where the buyer is a private equity firm. “A Will key employees stay?

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Cooley M&A

MAY 21, 2021

The application of the prevention doctrine in this context is noteworthy and raises some interesting (albeit unanswered) questions as it relates to the remedy regime that has become commonplace in deals with private equity buyers. Transaction Background: Not Selling Like Hotcakes.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 6, 2023

Globally, the number of start-ups with at least one female founder doubled from 10% in 2009 to 20% in 2019. I didn’t even know what private equity was back then,” says Kristina Heinze , who has since gone on to become a Co-Founder and Partner at ParkerGale Capital. Fortunately, there are signs of progress.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Take, for example, the acquisition of Inovalon Holdings, a dual-class company that completed its IPO in 2015, by a consortium of private equity investors. 14] A similar structure was used in Salesforce’s acquisition of Tableau Software, which was announced on June 10, 2019. [15] As always, ambiguity begets litigation.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

on transactions over 2019’s mega?mergers. 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). But deal value – which totaled $108 billion as of December 15, 2021 – was slightly down from 2020 and significantly down from 2019.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

trillion in 2018 and 2019, respectively [1]. Acquirers must be prepared for potential litigation domestically and internationally, and for more detailed negotiations over regulatory and interim operating covenants. In such an environment, global M&A activity experienced a 17% drop in value from the previous year, plummeting to $2.9

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