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Accounting Firm Mergers & Acquisitions – Financial Advisory & Valuation Services For Success

JD Supra: Mergers

Accounting firm mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) are blossoming due to strong recurring revenue models, a great record of organic growth over three decades, light asset investment requirements, and economic recoveries and growth worldwide following the pandemic. These factors have created the opportunity for industry consolidation.

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Permira completes Squarespace acquisition after upping bid to $7.2B

TechCrunch: M&A

Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Permira first revealed plans to acquire Squarespace back in May, offering shareholders in the NYSE-traded company $44 per share — this equated to an equity valuation of $6.6

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PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital

TechCrunch: M&A

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder was sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch. The fire sale was reported by TechCrunch last week.

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The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

JD Supra: Mergers

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Although overall transaction volume was significantly down, private equity funds still found. By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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M&A Blog #24 - Merger Relative Valuation

Francine Way

I learned a few new things in these 2 roles, including how to evaluate a merger opportunity and present it to a corporation’s Board of Directors (BoD). To pick up where we last left off with valuation, I will cover the topic of a Merger Relative Valuation in this blog post and move on to other non-valuation topics from here.

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Looking Ahead to 2025: Private Equity Risk and Insurance Trends

JD Supra: Mergers

According to EY’s Private Equity Pulse, Q2 2024 was the strongest quarter in two years, with 122 announced transactions at a valuation of $196 billion total enterprise value. This seems to be the case, as we see initial signs of an improving landscape after a stronger Q2. But the US PE market is. By: Woodruff Sawyer

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FCA’s Private Market Valuations Review – Good Practice but Room for Improvement

JD Supra: Mergers

On 5 March 2025, the United Kingdoms Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets (the Review). By: Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

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