Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I still recall the metric that was drilled into me back then: hit $50 million in revenue and a few back-to-back years of profitability and you, too, can go public. The benefits of going public are significant. Lastly, going public is a liquidity event for the founders and early investors, allowing them to cash in on their success.

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OfficeHours

JULY 18, 2023

As one example, BrightView, now a publicly-traded company, developed as a roll-up of smaller landscaping businesses and has been owned at various times in the past by private equity firms including KKR, MDS, and Leonard Green, among others. To illustrate this point, let us consider the landscaping industry.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. Moreover, “a strong ESG proposition can enhance investment returns by allocating capital to more promising and more sustainable opportunities.” This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

There are only a few publicly traded companies in specialty consulting. But those companies have been public for more than 20 years. So, is a public offering even a consideration for some of the large, privately held consulting companies? FTI Consulting and CRA International (Charles River Associates) initially come to mind.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. After the acquisition, the previously public company is delisted from its stock exchange, whether the NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.

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Sun Acquisitions

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will dive into different market value methods and strategies used in M&A, shedding light on the secrets to successful M&A transactions. Deal Financing: Valuation guides the selection of the proper financing structure for the deal, including how much capital is required and where it should be sourced.

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Deal Law Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Retail investors are becoming an increasingly significant source of capital on public markets, and dealmakers should be aware of how this development can impact M&A transactions and the decision to go public. The author would like to thank Arron Chahal, Articling Student, for his significant contribution to this blog post.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

The recent economic volatility has also seen an increase in the use of alternatives to one-time cash purchases in the context of M&A deals , including earnouts and working capital adjustments. As of February 11, 2021, the OSC gave the green light for the first publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded funds in North America.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

And, in general, we saw large pharmaceutical companies deploy substantial amounts of capital in 2019 to acquire innovative biotech companies that are advancing the development of novel therapies for oncology, orphan diseases and other unmet medical needs. Year of the Life Sciences Mega-Deals. billion; and Synthorx’s sale to Sanofi $2.5

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 17, 2025

About three years ago, he joined FOCUS Investment Banking , where he works on mergers and acquisitions and raising capital within the collision repair industry. For the example, Strandberg used The Boyd Group , which owns Gerber Collision & Glass , as its a publicly traded company. It’s an industry I love, Strandberg said.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. Voting agreements in public M&A transactions. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

With extremely strong financial metrics, an excellent Rule of 40 ratio , and solid EBITDA , SEG agreed we were on the right track and guided us wisely through a process culminating in the transaction to Waud Capital in 2017. Our focus during this phase was on scaling the business through organic growth and an aggressive M&A strategy.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Nonetheless, parties should be mindful of the potential impact of Regal in transactions with delayed closings (particularly those with more significant gaps between signing and closing), as it provides a roadmap for would-be appraisal arbitragers to potentially capitalize on increases in target’s value between signing and closing.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Some sponsors, while unable to present compelling take-private proposals to targets, have deployed capital in private investments in public equity (PIPEs) of public targets, marketing these investments as both a vote of confidence for the incumbent board and much-needed liquidity to help the target weather the downturn.

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Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While Retina groups were already receiving competitive valuations from private equity-backed companies like EyeSouth Partners and NVision Eye Centers, the RCA-Cencora transaction indicates there are long-term buyers outside of private equity for retina practices with the capital to acquire and operate them.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

That said, some industry participants still looked to capitalize on anticipated vulnerabilities in their competitors pipelines with meaningful M&A bets such as Eli Lillys $2.3 By 2030, more than 190 commercial drugs will lose patent exclusivity , putting at risk $236 billion in Big Pharma sales.

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