Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). [1] This post highlights key guidance from the Notice as it relates to common M&A and capital market transactions.

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The Deal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“A profound change we have seen in the capital markets over the past few years has been the rise in interest rates, rising cost of capital, and what that’s led to is corporate boards and management teams reassessing effectively what they are the optimal owners of,” Dubner said.

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Market Capitalization Market capitalization is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods for valuing a publicly traded company. This metric provides a quick snapshot of a company’s total equity value as perceived by the stock market.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. According to Grant Thornton, one of the largest accounting firms in U.S, “ESG credentials are no longer merely a ‘nice to have’: they are a must have for much of the mid-market.” This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

On September 24, Cooley M&A partner, Garth Osterman, moderated a webinar on the current trend in going public: SPACs! Revisiting Governance Documentation.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Helpfully, the SBA issued a procedural notice in October 2020 outlining what constitutes a “change of ownership,” allowing deal parties to structure a transaction to eliminate the need for SBA consent by submitting a loan forgiveness application and placing the loan proceeds into an escrow account established by the PPP lender in advance of closing.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

19 treatments from Pfizer, Merck and potentially others hitting the market soon , we expect Big Pharma to continue to parlay this cash flow into growth in other areas of strategic focus. 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

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