JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Overall, in 2023, initial public offering (IPO) activity and. Whilst M&A in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) remained resilient in the first half of 2023, deal activity fell in the second half of the year.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On January 24, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) to enhance disclosure and investor protection in initial public offerings (“IPOs”) by special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and in business combination transactions involving shell companies, such as SPACs, and private operating companies (..)

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and guidance affecting initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and business combinations between SPACs and private company targets (“de-SPAC transactions”). On January 24, 2024, the U.S.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 23, 2024

Initial public offerings (IPOs) and M&A exits are the two most common means of achieving liquidity in a private company. This article addresses an acquisition transaction, which requires preparation and oversight that many founders and managers need to learn as they go.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 31, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules governing initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and subsequent combinations between SPACs and target operating companies (“de-SPAC transactions”). On January 24, 2024, the U.S.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Important economic data could be delayed, as could regulators’ decisions on mergers and new public listings.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case that could have broad implications for whether and how plaintiffs can assert Section 11 and 12(a)(2) claims if they purchased securities offered to the public in a direct listing as opposed to a traditional initial public offering (IPO).

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Global Banking & Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A revival in corporate debt issuance, initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers has bolstered profits for Wall Street banks this […]

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 22, 2023

With the US initial public offering markets continuing to remain largely closed, and special purpose acquisition company combinations being costly and complex, there’s a new kid in town for foreign companies looking to go public in the US: reverse mergers. Some reverse mergers involving a U.S.

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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment banking is a branch of banking that organizes and enables large, complex financial transactions for businesses, like mergers, IPOs or underwriting. Investment Banks help businesses plan and strategize their IPO to ensure success. Investment Banks help businesses plan and strategize their IPO to ensure success.

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MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SPACs are publicly traded companies that raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the primary aim of acquiring an existing private company, thereby enabling it to go public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

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Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 5, 2024

In the dynamic world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), staying ahead of the curve is crucial for success. As a result, ESG criteria are being integrated into due diligence processes, investment evaluations, and post-merger integration strategies.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Underwriting Services Merchant banks also provide underwriting services for initial public offerings (IPOs), private placements, follow-on public offerings (FPOs) and rights issues. This service helps companies to raise the required funds from the public.

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M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a follow-up study for the 10 largest mergers of 1985, the author of this book found that only a minority of the deals had ended in a divestiture even after 20 years – and most of the divestitures were partial. Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers. Yet in major companies, the level appears to be lower. Recent U.S.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I still recall the metric that was drilled into me back then: hit $50 million in revenue and a few back-to-back years of profitability and you, too, can go public. The benefits of going public are significant. So over the last 30 years, fewer and fewer companies have been going public. Today, the number of U.S.

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Cooley M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

While the ruling has broad implications for many current arrangements (particularly stockholder agreements for public companies), it did provide a path forward, noting that many of these provisions would have been valid if included the corporation’s certificate of incorporation instead of the stockholder agreement.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. We now turn to the exceptions in dual-class charter transfer provisions that may be available to eliminate this risk.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When Facebook went public in 2012, it needed an investment bank to handle the Initial Public Offering (IPO). Goldman Sachs was one of the lead underwriters and earned considerable fees and reputation points for facilitating one of the largest tech IPOs ever.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Complex and novel transaction structures for the sector also were a prominent result of the market and regulatory environment, with reverse mergers remaining a fixture and stock-for-stock deals and take-private transactions led by private equity sponsors entering the scene.

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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. Let’s dig in.

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Sun Acquisitions

JUNE 22, 2022

We see examples of this in management buyouts, initial public offerings (IPOs), and strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This is simply a plan that may involve eventually selling the company, or sharing it with other venture capitalists, or even competitors.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has released its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024, shedding light on the current state of initial public offerings (IPOs) and the challenges faced by small public companies in the U.S.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

These changes have included increases in the agencies’: Willingness to challenge vertical mergers (e.g., Focus on new potential theories of harm, such as the impact of mergers on labor markets. Distrust of divestiture offers. challenges to vertical mergers and nascent competitor acquisitions).

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 7, 2025

Section 4(a)(2) private placements can help companies raise capital without an Initial Public Offering (IPO). While exempt from registration, these offerings do require strict compliance to avoid legal pitfalls.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market. Of course, the targets leverage in the M&A track of a dual-track process inherently increases when the IPO track is a viable strategy.

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