Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

trillion during 2021 – an increase of 71% compared to 2020 – and accounted for 20% of the $5.9 For industry experts questioning whether the SPAC momentum that gained traction in 2020 could be sustained, 2021 provided a mixed response. Tech M&A surged to a staggering $1.1 trillion(!) in the year’s global M&A deal value.

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M&A Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions IPO 40

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Since their split at the start of 2020, Europe and the UK have been focused on emerging as the victor of Brexit with home of the European financial hub to be in either the City of London or Paris. Unlike the US and Asia, Europe has produced stagnant volumes year on year, driven by several macroeconomic factors and a suffering IPO market.

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Trading Financial Services Accountant IT 69

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements.

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M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 10, 2022

As SPAC IPOs broke records – in both value and volume – in 2020 (and again in 2021), it was inevitable that stockholder litigation would follow. More than 50% of the SPACs that went public in 2020 and 2021 are incorporated in Delaware, giving particular significance to SPAC litigation filed in Delaware courts.

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Growth Business

JUNE 1, 2023

It’s a tech business that we finally launched in the middle of the Covid pandemic in September 2020. He had a great idea, but for non-business reasons, the business blew up and he found it impossible to find many other investors. The business has grown spectacularly since then and is an 80-fold (to date) return on my initial investment.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: For growth-stage companies, you will see plenty of equity offerings: IPOs , SPACs , PIPEs, and follow-on issuances. What Do You Do as an Analyst or Associate?

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Investment Banking Banking Bank Investment 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Although the COVID-19 pandemic that defined 2020 continued to shape much of the life sciences industry in 2021, the way that it did was markedly different. Private equity’s increased interest in life sciences , with PE buyers accounting for 47% of deal volume in the first half of 2021 , compared to a long?term SPACs still going strong.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Mergers 40

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

However, if it can keep the team’s revenue growing at 15 – 25% per year and exit at a 4x revenue multiple, it could still earn a ~15% IRR over 5 years: It’s unclear how well this will work because Arctos was only founded in 2020.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Private equity slowed but not stopped by financing environment Despite record amounts of dry powder accumulating for sponsors, high financing costs, persistent valuation gaps and a closed tech IPO market led to a significant decrease in private equity M&A activity in 2023. Despite some isolated bright spots – such as Thoma Bravo’s $10.7

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Equities 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Growth Equity Interview Questions: Markets & Investments These questions could span a huge range because they could ask you about anything from the current fundraising environment to the IPO and M&A markets to specific markets their portfolio companies operate in. Q: Pitch me a growth company that we should invest in.

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Private Equity Equities Capital Valuation 59