Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There are some entertaining moments and good performances, so I wouldn’t call the movie “bad.” Everyone was locked up inside, and many turned to day trading for entertainment and money (in between binge-watching shows on streaming services). I wrote many articles about it. Remember when Chamath was on CNBC all the time ?

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Finance Finance Retail Entertainment 105

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. Not to be outdone by their US counterparts, regulators outside the US also are taking more interventionist roles in merger review.

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. Politicization of antitrust and merger review largely in check. As we saw with the AT&T/Time Warner case, any merger challenge by the U.S. In the U.S.,

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Government Business 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

Others with a broader “entertainment” focus include Atairos, Causeway, The Chernin Group, Elysian Park (more of a VC), Fiume Capital, and Zelnick Media. Larger, Diversified Funds That Also Invest in Sports As sports investing became more popular, many firms with a traditional TMT or media/entertainment focus also got involved.

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Private Equity Equities Funds Entertainment 103

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases. [1]

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