Are You Ready for a Hong Kong IPO?
JD Supra: Mergers
JUNE 18, 2024
With deep and liquid capital markets offering unique access to the Mainland China investor market, many international businesses are considering pursuing their IPOs in Hong Kong.
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JD Supra: Mergers
JUNE 18, 2024
With deep and liquid capital markets offering unique access to the Mainland China investor market, many international businesses are considering pursuing their IPOs in Hong Kong.
JD Supra: Mergers
MARCH 19, 2025
By: White & Case LLP
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JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
1] The Final Rules are intended to provide enhanced protections for investors in the initial public offerings (IPOs) of SPACs and the subsequent business combination transactions of SPACs with private operating companies (“de-SPAC transactions”). By expanding the disclosure requirements for SPAC IPOs (on.
TechCrunch: M&A
JANUARY 4, 2024
Some investors are more optimistic about M&A in 2024, while others think we will see a rebound in the IPO market. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Deal Lawyers
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Last week, the SEC announced settled enforcement proceedings against Cantor Fitzgerald for its alleged role in causing two SPACs that it controlled to make misleading statements to investors about the status of their discussions with potential acquisition targets ahead of their initial public offerings (IPOs).
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 (..)
JD Supra: Mergers
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The life sciences industry is well positioned for growth in 2025, fueled by strong investor interest and technological advancements, especially in AI. Life sciences venture capital (VC) funding and IPOs have picked up in 2024, and anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cuts will likely further accelerate this trend. By: Goodwin
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. shares, raising $4.87bn for Softbank.
JD Supra: Mergers
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
It’s never too early to prepare an exit strategy, whether that exit is through an M&A, IPO or additional private financing. Explore: At what stage your company should think about an exit (0:28) What considerations to keep in mind in the M&A context for an exit (3:46) Dual.
The TRADE
JANUARY 16, 2024
billion of equity raised over the last five years, as well as ranking number one for UK IPOs under £1 billion market capitalisation by deal volume over the same time frame. In an increasingly volatile market, it has come as a minimal surprise to market onlookers that the number of sell-side firms seeing mergers as growth strategy has surged.
TechCrunch: M&A
MAY 31, 2023
Angel investors include executives from Plaid, Brex and Instacart, along with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison. They were u sually companies in the pre-IPO phase with hundreds to thousands of engineers where the manager wanted to start tracking what others are doing, and looking for tools to help with decision-making.”
Cooley M&A
APRIL 27, 2021
Cooley, DFIN, PwC, Nasdaq and The Blueshirt Group took part in a two-part webinar series Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom on May 4 & 11, 2021. Capital markets update with Morgan Stanley Planning and executing a successful SPAC merger. Planning and executing a successful IPO The investor perspective.
Cooley M&A
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Once a business target is identified, and the merger is publicly announced, the SPAC’s sponsors and the business target’s founders face the added pressure of completing the deal within the specified completion window. Going Public via a SPAC vs. an IPO or Direct Listing.
TechCrunch: M&A
JULY 27, 2023
In a conversation with TechCrunch, Renaud Laplanche, Upgrade’s CEO and a co-founder, said that Uplift initially reached out in May to inquire whether Upgrade would be interested in participating in Uplift’s Series D financing as a strategic investor. Changing consumer spending habits likely played a role in scaring investors away.
The Harvard Law School Forum
OCTOBER 19, 2022
There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders.
The TRADE
AUGUST 14, 2023
European agency broker and equities research specialist Redburn and US equity brokerage Atlantic Equities have completed the merger of their operations under Redburn’s parent company Rothschild & Co, initially announced on 26 April.
Mergers and Inquisitions
MAY 24, 2023
Part of the issue is that many different strategies fall within the “event-driven” category: merger arbitrage , activist investing , distressed investing, special situations, and more. With this one, you need to look at the entire category , which means merger arbitrage on one end and activist on the other.
Mergers and Inquisitions
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Oh, and lots of M&A , IPO , and SPAC deals were happening, so banks made plenty of “COVID hires,” often ignoring qualifications and recruiting norms. Dumb Money : The “Finance” Parts of the Story The filmmakers wanted to convey a “Wall Street bad; populist/rebel retail investors good” message, and that’s fine.
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.
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.
Cooley M&A
OCTOBER 29, 2020
is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). A distinct feature of SPAC 3.0 Fewer Redemptions.
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.
Mergers and Inquisitions
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Investment Banking: Deals The basic difference is that in “investment banking” groups, such as technology , TMT , healthcare , or consumer retail , you work on various deal types: sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and bond issuances. or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds).
Focus Investment Banking
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. Lastly, going public is a liquidity event for the founders and early investors, allowing them to cash in on their success. Today, the number of U.S.
Mergers and Inquisitions
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Renewable Energy Investment Banking Definition: In renewable energy investment banking, bankers advise companies in the solar, wind, biofuel, storage, battery, smart grid, electric vehicle, hydrogen, hydroelectric, and carbon capture verticals on equity and debt issuances, asset deals, and mergers and acquisitions.
Cooley M&A
MARCH 2, 2021
According to Nasdaq , in 2015, SPACs made up approximately 12% of the IPO market, but by 2020, that number had risen to approximately 53%. SPACs are predicted to be an even higher percentage of the 2021 market share, with SPACs representing 79% of the January IPOs.
Razorpay
AUGUST 9, 2023
Portfolio Management Merchant banking companies provide portfolio management services to high -net-worth individuals and corporate investors. Underwriting Services Merchant banks also provide underwriting services for initial public offerings (IPOs), private placements, follow-on public offerings (FPOs) and rights issues.
Cooley M&A
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements.
Cooley M&A
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Antitrust and merger review – extended timelines amid increased scrutiny Heightened regulatory scrutiny of transactions shaped the global M&A market in 2022 by extending timelines and resulting in more enforcement actions, and this trend looks set to continue in 2023. the SEC does not shut the door on the use of projections in deSPACs).
Mergers and Inquisitions
MARCH 13, 2024
This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). There’s usually a long list of previous VC investors as well. In the 2010s, startups began to postpone their IPOs, but they still needed funding.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 24, 2024
They invest when companies already have revenue (like PE firms), but they do so by purchasing minority stakes , holding them, and selling in an IPO or M&A exit (like VC firms). The post The Growth Equity Case Study: Real-Life Example and Tutorial appeared first on Mergers & Inquisitions.
Mergers and Inquisitions
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Venture Capital Interview Questions: Markets and Investments These questions span a wide range, as they could ask you to discuss everything from the current M&A and IPO markets to specific startup sectors you like. Q: Tell me about the current IPO, M&A, and VC funding markets.
Cooley M&A
JANUARY 10, 2022
As SPAC IPOs broke records – in both value and volume – in 2020 (and again in 2021), it was inevitable that stockholder litigation would follow. billion IPO in February 2020. Most public investors (more than 90%) declined to exercise their redemption rights. On January 3, in In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation (Del.
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.
Cooley M&A
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. Politicization of antitrust and merger review largely in check. As we saw with the AT&T/Time Warner case, any merger challenge by the U.S. In the U.S.,
Peak Frameworks
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Volatile markets often lead to more trading activity as investors look to buy low and sell high. When Facebook went public in 2012, it needed an investment bank to handle the Initial Public Offering (IPO). Mergers and Acquisitions Larger banks often grow by acquiring smaller ones or merging with peers.
Cooley M&A
JANUARY 25, 2023
Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. With new general merger guidelines anticipated in 2023, companies should expect to see more from the agencies pushing the boundaries of traditional antitrust enforcement.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JULY 31, 2024
Today, you could put most private equity activity in industrials into a few main categories: Consolidation / Roll-Up Plays – The idea is to acquire smaller companies to consolidate the parent company’s market position and become more appealing in an eventual IPO or M&A deal. appeared first on Mergers & Inquisitions.
Devensoft
AUGUST 21, 2023
In the fast-paced world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), two titans of finance go head-to-head: venture capitalists and private equity firms. These investors bring not only financial capital but also strategic guidance, industry expertise, and valuable networks to the table.
Mergers and Inquisitions
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Healthcare Private Equity Definition : A healthcare private equity firm raises capital from outside investors (Limited Partners), acquires companies in the healthcare services, devices, and healthcare IT segments, and aims to grow these firms and sell their stakes within 3 – 7 years to realize a return on their investments.
Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 10, 2024
There is some overlap because at the large banks, wealth management clients often get early/privileged access to investment banking products, such as upcoming IPOs, equity/debt offerings, or new investment products. The post Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch appeared first on Mergers & Inquisitions.
Mergers and Inquisitions
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Sports Investment Banking Definition: In sports IB, bankers advise on equity and debt issuances, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring deals for sports teams and leagues, sports-adjacent technology and services firms, and facilities such as arenas, stadiums, and racetracks. What is Sports Investment Banking?
Mergers and Inquisitions
APRIL 10, 2024
For example, many sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East have also gotten involved, as have holding companies and consortiums led by people such as Josh Harris (Apollo co-founder and now a famous sports investor). appeared first on Mergers & Inquisitions. Why Did Private Equity Suddenly “Get Interested” in Sports?
Cooley M&A
JANUARY 20, 2022
The recent uptick in R&W insurance used by strategic acquirers in competitive situations has begun to normalize its use in venture-backed M&A, with more venture investors demanding the cleaner exit afforded with a buyside R&W insurance policy. On January 3, in the MultiPlan Corp. Greener pastures ahead?
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