Sun Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Their insights and experience can help navigate regulatory requirements, negotiate favorable terms, and optimize the financial outcome of the transaction. Common exit strategies include selling to strategic buyers, private equity firms, management buyouts (MBOs), or going public through an initial public offering (IPO).

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Negotiation Business Sale Management 59

Growth Business

JULY 17, 2024

Valuation and Negotiation: The valuation of the business and terms of equity investment are critical in negotiations to ensure fair terms for both parties. Long-term Capital: Compared to some other sources, equity finance can often provide longer term support.

Funds 97

Funds Business Finance Finance 97

The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

With respect to equity markets, AFME, EFAMA and BVI highlight that EU companies are continuing to take their initial public offerings (IPOs) outside of the EU or move their listings elsewhere to seek better valuations – emphasising that EU equity markets cannot continue to lag behind their peers. “In

Trading 59

Trading Equities Asset Management Initial Public Offering 59

Wizenius

JULY 2, 2023

Once the right target is found, negotiations ensue, leading to a mutually beneficial agreement. For instance, when a fast-growing e-commerce player like Shopify reaches its peak, an exit via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) can yield substantial profits. 2) Grow The excitement amplifies in the growth phase.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Equities Investment Financial Models 52

Cooley M&A

MAY 17, 2017

Absent a few limited situations involving IPO spinouts from public companies, we have not seen any companies adopt the so-called “sunset” clauses that would cause a disfavored provision to lapse after a reasonable time if stockholder approval is not obtained, which ISS and GL have cited as a mitigating feature.

IPO 52

IPO Government Advisory Corporation 52

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. The upshot is that private companies could now raise all the money they needed from private equity or venture capital funds without even considering an IPO.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity IPO Equities Public Trading 52

Cooley M&A

MARCH 22, 2023

Structuring In an ideal scenario, you agree exclusivity with the US company to negotiate a smooth and fast deal, but we often see reverse mergers in the context of an auction process where the US public company is hotly looking for an entity to merge with and is in discussions with multiple targets at the same time.

Mergers 52

Mergers IT Mergers and Acquisitions IPO 52

EthosData Virtual Data Room

JUNE 27, 2023

From finding the right investors to negotiating terms and closing deals, the process can be time-consuming, complex, and stressful. When it comes to fundraising, there are many challenges that entrepreneurs and business owners face. However, one tool that can help streamline and secure the fundraising process is a virtual data room.

Securities 40

Securities Negotiation Investors Business 40

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 20, 2024

The JML transaction is the latest in a long line of successful deals Bob has negotiated for clients throughout the years. in $8B transaction), howstuffworks.com International (merged into NASDAQ company), Global Metro Networks, MetroNet (IPO), Performance Awareness Corp. IPO), and Megapath Communications.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions IPO Financial Transaction 52

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. Stockholder litigation.

M&A 59

M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Like a typical leveraged buyout, this can be achieved by selling the company to another private entity or PE firm or taking the company public once again through an IPO. After a certain period of time, usually 5-7 years, the PE firm will look to exit the investment. So you want to pursue a role in Private Equity and Growth Equity?

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Investors Private Equity Equities Investment 130

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 20, 2023

High inflation might make IPOs more attractive as public markets can provide better protection against inflation whereas selling to strategic buyers or secondary buyers (i.e. Additionally, private firms might choose one type of exit strategy over another depending on the status of inflation. Great, I’m learning a ton!

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

On the other side of the negotiating table, however, we still don’t take as a given that strategic acquirers blanketly utilize insurance products. The volume of SPAC IPOs in 2021 shattered previous records, but most came in the first quarter, with more SPAC IPOs in the first quarter of 2021 (298) than all of 2020 combined (248).

M&A 40

M&A Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions IPO 40

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). If we care more about the downside risk, we might negotiate for a greater primary share purchase or a higher liquidation preference.

Equities 105

Equities Valuation Financial Statement Financial Modeling 105

Sun Acquisitions

JUNE 22, 2022

We see examples of this in management buyouts, initial public offerings (IPOs), and strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A). If you would like help to prepare your pitch and negotiate with buyers, our seasoned team of M&A brokers is ready to help. Sellers who don’t find buyers often end up simply liquidating and closing.

Business 52

Business Broker Mergers and Acquisitions M&A 52

Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For example, in the 2012 Facebook IPO, common shareholders gained exposure to the tech giant's fortunes, while also securing a say in corporate matters. By virtue of their ownership, they possess a direct financial interest in the company's success.

Corporation 52

Corporation Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Finance 52

Cooley M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

Public companies and companies contemplating an IPO are in a trickier situation. It has been common market practice for founders, private equity sponsors and other controlling stockholders to retain governance rights over a controlled company after an IPO, often through a stockholder agreement with the IPO issuer.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers Corporation 52

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.

Capital 59

Capital Valuation Investment Portfolio 59

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. In spite of a general environment of political and economic uncertainty and a daily sprinkling of stock market volatility, trade wars, sanctions, the U.S.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Government Business 52

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.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

Devensoft

AUGUST 21, 2023

From sourcing deals and conducting due diligence to negotiating terms and post-acquisition management, these power players navigate complex landscapes with enormous financial stakes. Venture capitalists typically have shorter investment horizons and seek quick exits, either through an IPO or an acquisition.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity M&A Equities Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

2021’s SPAC activity was most intense in the first quarter, with 298 SPAC IPOs priced and 97 deSPAC transactions announced in the first quarter alone. Alexion argued that with five years remaining in the earnout period, the claim was not yet ripe for review. Although the SPAC craze was (re)ignited in 2020, the volume of SPAC activity hit all?time

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Mergers 40

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

The rules are expected to increase the frequency of proxy contests (particularly by less-established activists), afford dissidents increased leverage in settlement negotiations, and increase focus on the strength and qualifications of individual directors.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Mergers 52

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.

M&A 64

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions 64

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Dealmakers appear much more optimistic in the first quarter of 2017 than at this same time last year, in part because of greater optimism about the IPO market and the potential for favorable corporate tax and other regulatory changes. Negotiating Anti-Reliance Language. Innovation Pressures Fuel M&A. Appraisal Risks Factor High.

M&A 40

M&A IPO Pharmaceutical Valuation 40

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The tech deal floodgates still havent opened, as persistent valuation mismatches, a still (mostly) closed tech IPO market, stiff competition and worldwide regulatory scrutiny continue to weigh on activity, particularly for VC-backed exits and mega deals. billion acquisition of Altair, IBMs pending $6.4 So is tech M&A back?

M&A 59

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