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Use of Add-On Acquisitions in PE Is Likely to Continue

JD Supra: Mergers

Over the past several years, sponsors have increasingly relied on add-on acquisitions to increase the value of their portfolio company investments.

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Illumina/Grail: EU Court overturns approach to “killer acquisitions”

JD Supra: Mergers

In a much-anticipated ruling of 3 September 2024, the EU's highest court threw out the policy that the European Commission has been pursuing since 2021, by which it asserted jurisdiction to review so-called “killer acquisitions” falling below the review thresholds of both the Commission and all EU Member States.

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Stratasys rejects Nano Dimension acquisition offer, agrees to talk to 3D Systems

TechCrunch: M&A

While a new director joined the Board in 2020, he was ousted barely a year later in 2021 following some self-serving corporate governance maneuvers geared at maintaining the underperforming status quo and the mummified Board’s grip on power. Attempts to add a new independent director as recently as 2-3 years ago were met with pushback.

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2024 Predictions: Unveiling the future of healthcare mergers and acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

Today, a tale of two markets are seen in healthcare mergers and acquisition (M&A): the present (as reflected in the data about declining dealmaking) and the future (reflected in the increasingly positive outlook by dealmakers).

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Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash

TechCrunch: M&A

billion in 2021. Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7 In a press […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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SPAC Litigation: A Review of Recent Developments

JD Supra: Mergers

In Short - SPAC Deals: Special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs") boomed in 2020 as a means of taking early-stage private companies public.

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Atlassian to acquire former unicorn Loom for $975M

TechCrunch: M&A

billion valuation in May 2021 when it announced a $130 million Series C. Atlassian announced this morning that it is acquiring video messaging service Loom for $975 million, the same company that had a $1.53 That was when companies were still thinking about all work being cloud-based and the future looked oh so bright.

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