Successful Acquisitions

JUNE 27, 2023

The past 18 months have marked the slowest initial public offering market since the financial crisis of 2008. There are many reasons many American companies are so hesitant to go public. Some have gotten capital from other sources like private equity, family offices, unsecured lending sources, or even friends and family.

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Shearman & Sterling

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

against ABS Capital Partners Inc. and its affiliates), a private equity firm that had a controlling interest in plaintiff and whose partners served on plaintiff's board, with one as chairman. ABS Capital Partners Inc., Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. 360, 2018 (Del.

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Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Leverage Buyouts (LBO) are a strategic financial maneuver where a financial sponsor, typically a private equity firm, acquires a target company by utilizing a substantial amount of debt alongside a smaller portion of equity. In an LBO scenario, both debt and equity investors commit capital to the target company.

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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. So over the last 30 years, fewer and fewer companies have been going public. Today, the number of U.S.

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

As investment bankers, RKJ Partners possesses a breadth of knowledge and experience in advising clients that seek growth capital. In our latest blog installment, we define and outline the key elements involved in the process of raising capital. Most entrepreneurs are very familiar with senior debt offered by traditional banks.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Leasing Services Merchant banks provide leasing services to companies in the form of capital goods, vehicles and office equipment. Underwriting Services Merchant banks also provide underwriting services for initial public offerings (IPOs), private placements, follow-on public offerings (FPOs) and rights issues.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 22, 2023

The accounting equation is a fundamental concept in finance that every private equity professional, investment banker, and corporate , finance expert should be familiar with. If you're interested in recruiting for private equity and mastering concepts like the accounting equation, you should check out our Private Equity Course.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

3] Elliott Management (15 campaigns), Starboard Value (9), Align Partners (8), ValueAct Capital (8) and Ancora (6) topped the activist leaderboard for the year, with JANA Partners and Sarissa Capital Management also highly active in the technology and healthcare sectors. [4]

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Airbnb initially bootstrapped their venture, but as their idea gained traction, they attracted funding from Y Combinator, a renowned startup accelerator, marking their official entry into the world of venture capital. Private equity firms can step in, providing the needed capital and expertise to restructure and revamp the business.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It's also why banks are so eager to have deposits; they're the cheapest form of capital for them. Investment Banking Activities Investment banks have a dual role; they provide advisory services to corporations and governments and raise capital by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets.

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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. What’s next?

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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. 1] This post mainly focuses on venture capital-backed dual-class companies. Ian Nussbaum. Bill Roegge.

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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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