Shearman & Sterling

MAY 16, 2017

The Court dismissed the claims, finding that: (i) the business judgment rule applied because the merger consideration primarily consisted of stock in a publicly traded company and plaintiffs failed to plead a breach of the duty of loyalty; and (ii) in any event the proxy disclosures were sufficient to infer that the 98% stockholder approval of the (..)

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned. It’s increasingly becoming a must for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

I’d encourage all tire companies and wholesale groups to pick another night and show physical support to the whole industry by showing up at this event with their customers. The focus here is on publicly traded companies. Attendance is complimentary, but tickets must be reserved online at [link] in advance.

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MergersCorp M&A International

AUGUST 9, 2024

These funds typically invest in publicly traded securities and derivatives, allowing for a wide range of investment tactics that can include long and short positions, derivatives trading, and leveraging. Hedge funds also focus on maximizing returns in any market condition, whether bullish or bearish.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Our panel comprises leaders well-versed in go-to-market operations for SaaS businesses of all types, from bootstrapped startups to PE-backed and publicly traded companies. We also put on an annual customer appreciation event, with speakers, tech stations, and entertainment.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

In fact, of the deals surveyed in the 2019 SRS Acquiom Life Sciences M&A Study , only one-third of milestone events due by mid-2019 in private life sciences companies acquisitions were actually achieved and paid out and just under a third of deals with milestones will have some dispute regarding these post-closing payments.

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Transactional Delights

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So, all those events in the post-signing period were interesting, but what happened prior to the November 2019 announcement? Well, some events that are pretty illustrative of how the line between a hostile and friendly deal is not always clear during its most interesting phase [5]. In this case, the leak worked in TIF’s favor.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

The era of the single store generalist Body Shop is coming to an end is the subject of this month’s series, and it’s based on a presentation I’ve been giving at SEEMA Association events and beyond. It’s something I believe in being true. I promise it has a happy ending of a story.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

The usual pros and cons of being a publicly traded company will also need to be considered. Some of the benefits, of course, include the ability to use listed paper as acquisition currency and to offer liquid stock options to employees, heightened corporate visibility and public company premium valuation. What’s the time frame?

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In addition, currently public dual-class companies with transfer provisions that do not contain clear carve outs for the delivery of voting agreements in the M&A context should discuss with their advisers the possibility of adopting “clear day” amendments to their charters to include these carve outs. Vote-down termination fee (i.e.,

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

That may have been the case in prior iterations of SPAC activity, as the SEC traditionally has not scrutinized S-4s/proxies in the same light as documentation filed in connection with an IPO financing event or a direct listing, but our panelists have seen and predicted greater SEC scrutiny as part of SPAC 3.0.

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Strategic buyers These types of buyers run the gamut; they can be publicly traded or privately owned software companies. When you’re selling your company, both represent appealing options, depending on what you want to get out of the sale. Strategic buyers are looking to acquire companies in a way that helps progress their own business goals.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. Key Takeaway : If a buyer is considering prepaying the deal price to appraisal petitioners, the buyer should endeavor to have the petitioners contractually agree to refund any overpayment in the event that fair value is ultimately determined to be less than the deal price.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

This post takes a deeper dive into what we see as the pivotal events and deals that propelled the life sciences industry in 2022, and our view on what to expect looking ahead to 2023. Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

For example, early in 2021, Zimmer Biomet Holdings announced that it would spin off its spine and dental businesses into a new publicly traded company as a way to “optimize resource allocation” among its remaining businesses. There is a history of drugs failing for one use and then being successfully developed for other uses.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 8, 2025

Main Quests and Side Quests: Always focus on your main story quest, i.e., your portfolio of liquid, publicly traded assets, and ignore or deprioritize the side quests, such as becoming a mini-VC or investing in real estate. Market Timing: Almost every expert will tell you its impossible to time the market, but I partially disagree.

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Sidley Shareholder Litigation

MARCH 28, 2025

Five Takeaways from New Complaints Filed in 2024 Plaintiffs filed 44 new class actions against publicly traded life sciences companies in 2024. In 2024, life sciences companies succeeded in 59% of the motions to dismiss they filed. The number of new filings related to COVID-19 has tailed off since its peak in 20202022.

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