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Hopin, the struggling virtual conference unicorn, sells events and engagement units to RingCentral

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RingCentral, which competes with conferencing services like WebEx, Zoom and GoogleMeet, is publicly traded and has a market cap of just under $4 billion — ironically, significantly smaller than Hopin’s last private valuation. It will be using the new assets to further diversify its business.

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

Cooley M&A

Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company. With new general merger guidelines anticipated in 2023, companies should expect to see more from the agencies pushing the boundaries of traditional antitrust enforcement.

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Keeping Up with Delaware Appraisal Jurisprudence Since Aruba: Deal Price Reigns Supreme, But Will Recent Decision Lead to More Arbitrage?

Cooley M&A

However, the Chancery Court’s most recent appraisal decision, In Re Appraisal of Regal Entertainment Group (Del. The Regal appraisal proceeding arose from Cineworld’s acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group in February 2018. Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. took private in 2017 for $315/share.