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.

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Financial buyers, particularly private equity firms, have kept M&A volume afloat in the systems integration sector, accounting for 57.1% Private equity buyers have opted to acquire systems integration businesses almost exclusively through their established portfolio companies, or add-on’s. of all transactions through YTD.

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The Deal

JULY 20, 2023

Advisers to activists and companies, however, both agree that the collection of data in the memorandum isn’t useful in identifying the extent to which activist investors employ cash-settled equity swaps for their campaigns — or how the proposal if adopted would affect their strategies. Elliott Management Corp.,

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, currently public dual-class companies with transfer provisions that do not contain clear carve outs for the delivery of voting agreements in the M&A context should discuss with their advisers the possibility of adopting “clear day” amendments to their charters to include these carve outs.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

May 13, 2021), may provide new fodder for appraisal arbitrage. Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. January 2020) +12% DCF Private target; unreliable sales process Final (affirmed on appeal on January 22, 2021) Synapse Wireless (VC Slights – Del. took private in 2017 for $315/share.

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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. 2] Examples of this strategy coming to bear in 2021 included Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of PPD for $17.4 driven assets. term average of approximately 35%.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

After hitting $12M in ARR, our founders decided to consider equity recapitalization to drive next-level growth. Our panel comprises leaders well-versed in go-to-market operations for SaaS businesses of all types, from bootstrapped startups to PE-backed and publicly traded companies.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Wang (discussed on the Forum here ); and Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay by Jesse M. Corporations subject to the Buyback Tax (“covered corporations”) include publicly traded U.S. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Short-Termism and Capital Flows by Jesse M.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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