TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 2, 2023

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Business 196

Business Valuation IT Acquisitions 196

The Deal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The number of such transactions, or “corporate separations” as Dubner calls them, reached their highest in a decade at 30 global deals in 2022, according to a May report from Goldman and Ernst & Young LLP. ’s split into two publicly traded companies, Kellanova (K) and WK Kellogg Co.

Public Trading 72

Public Trading Corporation Capital Market Healthcare 72

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.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even in 2022, when take-private deals hit a new record, they only accounted for 37% of the total value of transactions. First, private equity identifies the publicly traded company they believe is undervalued or could perform better as a private entity without the pressures of being a public entity (e.g.

Investors 130

Investors Private Equity Equities Investment 130

OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

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Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Finance 130

The Deal

JULY 20, 2023

The memorandum noted that at most seven activist investors held gross positions of greater than $300 million — one of the proposal’s disclosure thresholds — on any given day during a yearlong sample period between 2021 and 2022. You would have to take a more sophisticated thoughtful approach to the data.”

Funds 52

Funds Investors Shares Investment 52

Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 28, 2023

The M&A markets became significantly more challenged in the second half of 2022, and deal activity reported by investment bankers and private equity financial buyers has slowed down, with uncertainty and rising financing costs playing prominent roles.

Capital 52

Capital Advisory Bank Banking 52