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Cooley’s M&A Insights for Q3 2022

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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. Biotech Company ViaCyte to Be Acquired by Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Notable public deals.

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Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

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But it wasn’t all carve outs and concerned investors – even with the headwinds in the industry and beyond, there were still several traditional public M&A deals involving biotechnology or medical device companies, as large pharmaceutical companies continued to have cash to deploy for acquisitions. Let’s dig in.

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How Common are Postmerger Divestitures of Acquired Company Units?

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A sell-off, which is by far the most common type of divestiture (and the type usually referred to as such), is the sale of one or more company units to another company – for example, when BF Goodrich Corporation sold its JcAIR Test Systems business to Aeroflex Incorporated in 2005. What is a spin-off? . Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers.