JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs have pivoted to acquisitions and partnerships to fuel growth.

M&A 197

M&A IPO Financial Services Valuation 197

Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

On November 24th, Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) brought together experts from across financial services to discuss current activity and prospects for special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”). Going Public via a SPAC vs. an IPO or Direct Listing. Financial projections can be shared directly.

IPO 52

IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Investors Private Equity 52

The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

billion of equity raised over the last five years, as well as ranking number one for UK IPOs under £1 billion market capitalisation by deal volume over the same time frame. The deal comes just three months after Deutsche Bank completed the acquisition of institutional broker Numis for £410 million.

Investment Banking 111

Investment Banking Mergers Banking Bank 111

Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Merchant banks are a very important part of the financial ecosystem, since they support the largest chunk of businesses – the mid-sized ones. Merchant banking is a special branch of banking that provides financial services to medium to small-sized businesses. What is a Merchant Bank?

Banking 52

Banking Bank Business Underwriting 52

The Deal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our acquisition strategy is aligned with acquiring companies with a traditional product portfolio, who have success and marquee customer relationships that we can transform with our AI platform,” SymphonyAI CEO Sanjay Dhawan told The Deal. Following acquisitions, the company develops AI applications for the target’s clients.

M&A 40

M&A Private Equity Retail Financial Services 40

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. Developing new products or services.

Private Equity 105

Private Equity Equities Capital Portfolio 105

M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 12, 2023

For example, we supported a carve-out acquisition for a Fortune 50 energy sector client recently, where the business to be carved out was the large, regional field operation that stretched across half of the United States, but no IT assets and no IT people were initially included in the asset list.

IT 52

IT M&A Insurance Securities 52