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

JANUARY 22, 2020

If, however, capital markets and the economy weaken in 2020, M&A transactions may be the only viable option for life sciences companies to access capital, in which case we would expect to see more M&A transactions by number, but they would likely be paired with lower purchase prices and/or more highly structured.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

This post takes a deeper dive into what we see as the pivotal events and deals that propelled the life sciences industry in 2022, and our view on what to expect looking ahead to 2023. It’s a more challenging market environment right now than we’ve seen in many years,” said Charlie Kim , who co-chairs Cooley’s capital markets practice.

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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! and to be measured during a consecutive trading period (often 20 days within a 30-day consecutive trading period). Revisiting Governance Documentation.

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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. The strong capital markets environment that has prevailed during the past few years has enabled a large number of development-stage and one?product,

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