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OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors who have been monitoring the situation around inflation for the last few months to a year, many have been disappointed to see the slow trajectory with which inflation has been coming down from highs. Instead, inflation of 5% would mean that the private equity firm’s real return would be reduced to 15%.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year?

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

However, for private equity investors, this uncertainty represents a unique opportunity to take advantage of investment opportunities in public markets. A “take-private” transaction in the context of private equity is a process by which a PE firm acquires a publicly listed company and converts it into a privately held entity.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. The upshot is that private companies could now raise all the money they needed from private equity or venture capital funds without even considering an IPO.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 21, 2023

More surprisingly, a handful of private equity associates have also reached out about being laid off or being put on performance plans in a tough market. Or maybe you feel you have enough experience and want to jump direct into an investing role at a hedge fund, private equity firm, or VC fund.

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OfficeHours

JULY 11, 2023

IS THE IPO MARKET COMING BACK? Yes, for sure Maybe, depends on the opportunities Probably not Check Out All Our Blog Posts Why Do Consultants Perform Better Than Investment Bankers In PE Interviews? Middle Market Private Equity Discover the world of Middle Market Private Equity with expert insights and guidance.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

General Mills acquired private equity-backed TNT Crust, a frozen pizza supplier, for $253 million. Many private equity firms have acquired bakeries and are pursuing companies to add to their platforms. Jim Sowers is a Managing Director with more than 30 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements. Stockholder litigation.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Common exit strategies include selling to strategic buyers, private equity firms, management buyouts (MBOs), or going public through an initial public offering (IPO). Consider Different Exit Options: Various exit options are available to mid-market business owners, each with its own advantages and considerations.

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Software Equity Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This blog post will explore the key differences among these structures to help you make an informed choice for your software company. That can lead to serious tax savings, so many private equity buyers prefer to acquire S Corps using F reorganizations, which may offer higher valuations for them.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Complex and novel transaction structures for the sector also were a prominent result of the market and regulatory environment, with reverse mergers remaining a fixture and stock-for-stock deals and take-private transactions led by private equity sponsors entering the scene.

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Cooley M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

Public companies and companies contemplating an IPO are in a trickier situation. It has been common market practice for founders, private equity sponsors and other controlling stockholders to retain governance rights over a controlled company after an IPO, often through a stockholder agreement with the IPO issuer.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Carve out tech acquisitions also continued to be attractive to strategic and private equity buyers, with GTCR’s acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay from FIS for up to $18.5 Private equity activity accounted for only 27% of tech M&A in 2023, a six-year low (and a substantial decrease from the 2021 record of 36%).

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Beginning in 2020, there was a wave of announcements for private equity firms entering the car wash industry. It seemed like every month there was news that private equity firm “ABC” acquired or invested in car wash chain “XYZ” with a plan to grow rapidly. What comes next?

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

McKessons acquisition of PRISM Vision Group is an important milestone for private equitys investments in optometry practices. At the same time, there has always been uncertainty about the ultimate home for these assets, since private equity does not keep its investments forever.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Over the next few days, we will run a series of Cooley M&A blog posts with some brief observations that offer some M&A highlights over the past year and our thoughts for the year to come. So far this year, deal parties are approaching M&A with cautious optimism. Cautious Optimism in the New Year.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

billion take-private acquisition of Squarespace. The tech deal floodgates still havent opened, as persistent valuation mismatches, a still (mostly) closed tech IPO market, stiff competition and worldwide regulatory scrutiny continue to weigh on activity, particularly for VC-backed exits and mega deals. So is tech M&A back?

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