Cooley M&A

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. Notable public deals. Drinks With The Deal’: Cooley’s Ian Nussbaum Talks Case Law.

M&A 69

M&A Initial Public Offering Pharmaceutical Medical 69

Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering. This means that to raise the capital she needs, she would have to issue 5 lakh shares to the public.

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Investment Banking Banking Bank Investment 52

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. Lastly, going public is a liquidity event for the founders and early investors, allowing them to cash in on their success.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity IPO Equities Public Trading 52

Deal Law Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is because it can become more difficult to value companies as the share price may experience large fluctuations during negotiations due to the increased presence of speculative retail investing. Second, companies may begin to reconsider contractual provisions that are based on (or directly tied to) the future value of the share price.

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Retail Investors M&A Negotiation 40

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. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.

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M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Newly public tech companies (particularly companies that went public via deSPAC transactions) may find themselves particularly in the crosshairs, given that they as a whole dramatically underperformed the broader market in 2022.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Mergers 52