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How Common are Postmerger Divestitures of Acquired Company Units?

M&A Leadership Council

Few companies divest units immediately following an acquisition (unless they are compelled to do so by antitrust regulators), but many companies divest them eventually. In any given year, nearly half of the acquisitions that occur come about because the sellers are divesting a company unit. What is a split-up?

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Cooley’s 2024 Tech M&A Year in Review:We’re So Back (It’s So Over)

Cooley M&A

Over the course of the year, many of the headwinds that have slowed tech M&A activity since 2022 began to abate as interest rates moderated, the acquisition financing market returned and equity markets reached new highs. billion acquisition of Altair, IBMs pending $6.4 billion take-private acquisition of Squarespace.

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