Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investment Banking: Deals The basic difference is that in “investment banking” groups, such as technology , TMT , healthcare , or consumer retail , you work on various deal types: sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and bond issuances. or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds).

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Trading and Proprietary Trading Many large banks are involved in trading activities. This can be trading on behalf of their clients (like when you buy a stock through a bank's brokerage service) or proprietary trading where banks invest their own money.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

It is about creating a much bigger situation when you trade those names. We all know it is very cheap and easy to trade electronically but you’re not necessarily fulfilling your liquidity obligations. Retail trading remains highly topical. The ability to pay via trading will help.

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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. Voting agreements in public M&A transactions.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

A series of blockbuster deals rallied the NASDAQ 100 Technology Index to trade more than 20% higher than 2019, and Q3 2020 recorded the highest global M&A deal value in the technology sector this decade. [2] The US government implemented a number of economic stimulus measures that rippled across the M&A landscape.

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The TRADE

JULY 11, 2023

The FCA now has the task of preserving this sensitive balance in the detailed rules that come out next year,” Mike Carrodus, chief executive of Substantive Research, told The TRADE. The industry reacts to the UK’s new research proposal appeared first on The TRADE. The post A welcome freedom, temporary measure or futile task?:

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In spite of a general environment of political and economic uncertainty and a daily sprinkling of stock market volatility, trade wars, sanctions, the U.S. government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues.

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Software Equity Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

C Corp for Software Companies Factor Impact Investor Appeal Tax Efficiency Ownership Flexibility M&A Potential C Corps are highly attractive to investors, particularly for those considering venture capital or IPO. Active business : The C Corp must use 80% or more of its assets to conduct a qualified trade or business.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company. Let’s dig in.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In today’s economic climate, retention is everything: Software companies with Net Revenue Retention (NRR) rates above 120% are trading at a remarkable 63% premium over the market median. The Index is updated quarterly to reflect changes in business models, acquisitions, IPOs, and financial data availability.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

The commonalities are that industrial companies serve enterprise customers and governments rather than consumers (with some exceptions, such as airlines) and are very sensitive to broad macro factors and economic conditions. Beyond that, we can say a few things about industrials vs. other verticals within PE. billion with Debt of $2.1

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Divestitures, often achieved through asset sales, were also popular in 2020 as large pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies sought to divest noncore assets and focus on core businesses in the wake of economic uncertainty created by the pandemic. Life Sciences Enters the SPAC Party, But Will Reverse Merger Suitors Join In?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

There is some overlap because at the large banks, wealth management clients often get early/privileged access to investment banking products, such as upcoming IPOs, equity/debt offerings, or new investment products. Investment Banking: Deep and short-term coverage (just until the deal is done!).

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Certain headwinds and other complicating factors, however, may have tamped down M&A activity in 2021, including: Antitrust regulators continuing to produce uncertainty, with the Federal Trade Commission announcing a number of key policy changes – the full impact of these policy changes on transactions remains to be seen.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Private equity slowed but not stopped by financing environment Despite record amounts of dry powder accumulating for sponsors, high financing costs, persistent valuation gaps and a closed tech IPO market led to a significant decrease in private equity M&A activity in 2023. Despite some isolated bright spots – such as Thoma Bravo’s $10.7

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Overcoming Marketplace Uncertainty Rising interest rates introduced a difficult environment for private equity recapitalizations (where private equity groups sell a portfolio company to another buyer), so few of the older PE-backed ophthalmology organizations traded hands over the last few years.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To add a growth equity spin, you can talk about wanting to understand operations and unit economics to evaluate companies. A: You like industries such as tech and healthcare, you like to understand markets, unit economics, and operations, and you want to invest in high-growth companies that need capital. Q: Why growth equity?

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

Looking ahead, expect the fruits of these efforts to free up valuable resources capital and management bandwidth that can be redirected toward higher-value, strategic acquisitions in 2025 as the general economic backdrop (inflation, interest rates, antitrust) looks to become more conducive to bigger bets.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 19, 2024

If they can successfully deliver the economic growth touted, were confident of a warmer reception by investors for UK equities. I believe there will be a significant pick up in capital market activity, provided deals are priced realistically, leading to an increase in companies coming to the public markets through IPOs.

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