The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 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.

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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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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

These include prevailing market sentiment, current appetite for acquisitions in a particular sector and the political and economic environment, all of which can change well within a given transaction timetable. To determine whether a dual-track process is right for your company, consider these six key questions: 1.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Volatile markets often lead to more trading activity as investors look to buy low and sell high. When Facebook went public in 2012, it needed an investment bank to handle the Initial Public Offering (IPO). They don't just offer to manage money. Take UBS's Wealth Management division.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 22, 2023

Components of the Accounting Equation Assets are resources owned by a company that has economic value and can be converted into cash or provide future benefits. For instance, Facebook's initial public offering in 2012 raised $16 billion in contributed capital. For example, Apple Inc. reported total assets of $338.16

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. Let’s dig in. 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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