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10-23-2023 Newsletter: Why Take-Private Dealmaking Remains Attractive for PE Investors

OfficeHours

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. According to S&P Global, the S&P fell 18.11% in 2022 amid surging inflation, rising interest rates, and an overall uncertain global outlook.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). Regardless of the base reason(s), the current owners and management of a company looking for a new owner should seek to: Maximize return on investment for current owners.

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Covid-19 and US Venture Capital in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

In September 2020, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a working paper including an industry survey citing 900+ VC firms; this paper revealed a consensus that many portfolio companies were performing quite well in the face of Covid-19 and less than 10% were performing at levels that would raise significant concerns [3] [10].

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Venture Capital Interview Questions: What to Expect and How to Prepare

Mergers and Inquisitions

Firm-Specific and Process Questions – What do you think about our portfolio? So, you could mention a related job, such as strategy, finance, or business development at a portfolio company, and say that you want to return to VC at a higher level eventually. Q: Tell me about the current IPO, M&A, and VC funding markets.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Here it is in the investor presentation: We don’t know the planned valuation for CMS in this spin-off, but let’s assume that Jacobs plans to spin it off at an IPO offering price that implies an 11.5x 5) Portfolio Concentration – Many special situations and distressed funds run concentrated portfolios (e.g.,

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Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Mergers and Inquisitions

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. Note that not all “large” funds do industrial deals.

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Cooley’s 2021 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

While 2020’s M&A landscape was characterized by whiplash volatility from choppy deal activity in the first half of the year to a surge in volume in the second half, that momentum accelerated in 2021, with no signs of slowing down heading into 2022. approved prescription cannabidiol medicine to its portfolio. driven assets.

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