Cooley M&A

APRIL 16, 2021

The M&A ecosystem has continued to grow, evolve, and morph through the pandemic, economic cycles and the rise and fall of various industries.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

4] However, such exceptions were not universal and, as will be discussed below, the vast majority of dual-class charters adopted before 2016 that contained transfer restrictions did not include M&A voting agreement carve outs. Nussbaum is a partner, Bill Roegge and Meredith Klionsky are associates at Cooley LLP. Klionsky, and Mr. Nimetz.

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Quest: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Thanks for sticking with me as I dive into the details of my eight predictions for 2021 ! Specifically, I predict that increased M&A activity in 2021 will make it painfully clear just how hard a tenant-to-tenant migration really is. In 2020, M&A activity lagged — and then soared. presidential election.

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The Deal

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On the latest episode of The Deal’s Behind the Buyouts podcast, Solomon Partners co-head of consumer and retail Cathy Leonhardt talks about the sector’s slow start to M&A this year, categories that continue to shine and potential signs of a resurgence in dealmaking. portfolio company Birkenstock GmbH & Co.

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Benchmark International

MAY 24, 2023

After a very active year in 2021 and a reasonably robust market in 2022, M&A deal-making in the healthcare sector will soar in 2023 thanks to much corporate cash and private equity sitting on plenty of dry powder.

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Benchmark International

APRIL 12, 2023

A challenging economic environment has cast uncertainty on the sector, but in a report by Irwin Mitchell that examined deal information from Experian’s Market IQ database, it revealed that 1,344 UK manufacturing businesses were the target of M&A activity in 2022, in comparison to 1,285 in 2021 and 1,231 in 2020, its highest level since 2016.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

After the unprecedented market highs of 2020 into 2021, it’s natural for founders in this environment to wonder if they’ve missed the boat. While median EV/Revenue multiples declined from 4Q20–1Q22, they still outperformed the median public market multiple, and SaaS M&A deal volume jumped to a new record. 4Q22’s multiple of 5.6x

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Cooley M&A

MAY 4, 2021

Partner and M&A co-chair Jamie Leigh spoke at Penn Law’s ILE Spring Corporate Roundtable on May 7, 2021. Joined by six esteemed panelists, they discussed Tech and M&A: New Developments, New Challenges. This event was by invitation only. For more information, please email Sean Hayes. Jamie Leigh.

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 2, 2024

The following report examines the health and outlook for insurance M&A deals in 2024. We base this research on several key findings in our proprietary SF database, which observes and records data from the top ~400 insurance M&A buyers. Agency vs. Company: Which Is The Better Insurance M&A Deal?

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the years that followed, Boxed reportedly rejected a $400 million buyout offer from grocer Kroger in 2018, then later partnered with one of Asia’s largest retailers (Aeon) in 2021 for an expansion. But it’s clear Boxed struggled to make the economics of online grocery work, and it wasn’t alone. ”

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 29, 2024

M&A transactions for insurance companies are part of a robust but complicated market that requires ingesting a great deal of data in order to fully understand. While insurance M&A did see slight dips in deal volume and average value (Fig.2)

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

APRIL 8, 2024

Today’s volatile economic environment has many business owners wondering if it is possible to sell their company now and achieve a good outcome. The Bad News Is Not So Bad Rising interest rates and economic uncertainty have tamped down the M&A frenzy that peaked in 2021.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 23, 2024

While representation and warranty (R&W) insurance continues to be used across a broad range of M&A transactions, its use has cooled as dealmakers navigate challenging market conditions. As deal flow has dwindled, competition has increased among carriers, and minimum floors largely have fallen away. of the policy limit.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 20, 2024

The insurance M&A market in 2024 is significantly more complex now than it was 20 years ago. However, this report seeks to make sense of these qualities as a whole to provide an overview of the 2024 insurance M&A market. The table of contents below offers quick links for readers seeking specific information in later sections.

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Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 21, 2024

2023 Technology Services and IT Consulting M&A: Consolidation, Retooling, and a Cautious Optimism for 2024 The Technology Services and IT Consulting M&A landscape in 2023 mirrored the broader market’s cautious dance.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

As Bitcoin gains increasing traction since its inception 11 years ago, we begin to question whether it will slowly replace traditional dollar funding in M&A deals. Whether Bitcoin will be used to fund large M&A deals will likely depend on its ability to stabilize in value. Headways in the M&A Market.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

4] However, such exceptions were not universal and, as will be discussed below, the vast majority of dual-class charters adopted before 2016 that contained transfer restrictions did not include M&A voting agreement carve outs. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.

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Beyond M&A

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Financial Model Challenge in Tech Due Diligence It’s no secret that the current economic climate is challenging. The M&A world is feeling the squeeze, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the financial models being presented during Tech Due Diligence (DD). It’s not just a good-to-have—it’s a requirement for survival.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although 2022 saw a general decline in M&A activity in the life sciences industry compared to 2021’s frenetic pace (when deal volume was up 52% from 2020 ), life sciences deal flow in 2022 on balance remained strong despite the headwinds. Let’s dig in. Let’s dig in.

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SDR Ventures

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable Overview During a recent virtual roundtable hosted by GF Data, SDR’s Scott Mitchell joined fellow M&A professionals to discuss the state of lower-middle market M&A and private capital markets. If you are interested in exploring your options, our team of M&A professionals is here to help.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

MAY 2, 2023

Introduction and Market Update With proxy season underway, FTI Consulting’s Activism and M&A Solutions team welcomes readers to our quarterly Activism Vulnerability Report, which highlights the findings of our Activism Vulnerability Screener for 4Q22 and discusses other notable themes and trends in the world of shareholder activism.

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PCE

JANUARY 16, 2024

2024 is poised to be another strong year for employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions, with deal volume expected to eclipse 2023’s (reaching toward the highly favorable dynamics of 2021 and 2022), thanks to four key underlying drivers that should push through any economic or political uncertainty: Succession plans for countless businesses (..)

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Transactional Delights

OCTOBER 15, 2020

What is a twist is that the offer turned hostile, since hostile offers compose only ~10-15% of public M&A. It can enter into negotiations with the offerer, or it can adopt a poison pill, thereby eliminating the ability of an acquirer to acquire economic and actual ownership of the company, without first engaging with the board.

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TKO Miller

MAY 11, 2023

You see it in the news and cringe when you see kids using it to do their schoolwork. Minimalist packaging also reduces waste and is easier to recycle. Personalization: Brands are using digital printing technology to create customized packaging that appeals to individual consumers. This allows brands to create a unique experience for each customer.

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What's Market

AUGUST 15, 2022

Goulston & Storrs M&A attorney Dan Avery is a nationally recognized expert on M&A deal point trends. Separate purchase price adjustment escrows were present in 47% of the reported deals in the 2021 study. For example, on Jan.

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MergersCorp M&A International

JUNE 17, 2024

in December 2021 to 5.25% in August 2023, following 14 consecutive meetings where the Bank of England decided to raise the rates. The Bank of England has used high interest rates to slow down spending during periods of rapid economic growth. Interest rates have been increased from 0.1%

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IBG

APRIL 25, 2024

After a disappointing 2023 in middle-market M&A, both the U.S. Fueled by robust economic data, expectations for lower interest rates, and a more positive lending environment, optimism for middle-market M&A is generally on the rise, according to the “ US Private Capital Report ” released by Eaton Square and highlighted below.

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Software Equity Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

While many of the elements that define attractive investment opportunities remain somewhat consistent, buyers and investors do tend to place more emphasis on certain criteria depending on the broader economic conditions. These are a set of criteria that lead to recession-proof businesses.

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Software Equity Group

JUNE 18, 2024

To meet your personal and business goals when selling your business, you must understand the role these elements play and be able to evaluate where your business currently stands within the broader context of M&A markets. This brief downturn was largely attributed to temporary economic disruptions.

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Business M&A Profitability Investors 52

Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

SEG’s 2023 Annual SaaS Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the public SaaS market’s performance and M&A activity in the software industry. from 2021 by the end of the year. SaaS EV/Revenue Multiples Median monthly EV/Revenue multiples were also a casualty of the overall economic decline.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 21, 2021

April 30, 2021) is 125 pages long, but she helpfully digests the holding in a single sentence on page 3: “ Chalking up a victory for deal certainty , this post-trial decision resolves all issues in favor of seller and orders the buyers to close on the purchase agreement.” Chancellor McCormick’s opinion in Snow Phipps Group, LLC, et al.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

We ended 2021 having survived another year of the pandemic, with equity markets at or near all-time highs, interest rates near historic lows, and technology M&A activity at record levels. This has led to a significant drop in software M&A, with each consecutive quarter showing a decline from the last.

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IBG

MARCH 14, 2024

The wording of representations and warranties in a purchase agreement is critical, and ensuring their integrity is a vital role of the parties’ attorneys and, for the seller, their M&A advisor. In its survey, “2021 M&A Deal Terms Study,” SRS Acquion, Inc., six months) to long-term, perhaps as long as four years.

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What's Market

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Goulston & Storrs M&A attorney Dan Avery is a nationally recognized expert on M&A deal point trends. When full disclosure representations are included in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) agreements, they are almost always alongside, and rarely seen in the absence of, a 10b-5 representation. ” 17 C.F.R.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

The following post was originally included as part of our recently published memorandum “ Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2024” Impact of “Pillar Two” Global Minimum Taxation The push for global tax reform will continue to have a significant impact on large multinational groups in 2024. To read the full post, please click here.

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Growth Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The volume of UK fintech deals also dropped from 392 in the first half of 2022 to 212 UK M&A, private equity or VC deals completed in the first half of this year. 2 – SuperFi Aiming to help people get out of debt faster, SuperFi is a timely start-up given the current economic climate. Unicorns abound, too.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 9, 2025

Summary of: What Is My Software Company Worth? A Strategic Guide for Founders and CEOs For software founders contemplating a sale, the first and most pressing question is often: What is my software company worth? The answer is nuanced, shaped by a blend of financial performance, market dynamics, buyer appetite, and strategic positioning.

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