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Past Event: Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom

Cooley M&A

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. Planning and executing a successful IPO The investor perspective. Capital markets update with Morgan Stanley Planning and executing a successful SPAC merger.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

On September 24, Cooley M&A partner, Garth Osterman, moderated a webinar on the current trend in going public: SPACs! Key highlights from the webinar are summarized below and a link to the recording can be found here. is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. A distinct feature of SPAC 3.0

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C Corp vs. S Corp vs. LLC: Essential Information for Software Executives

Software Equity Group

C Corp for Software Companies Factor Impact Investor Appeal Tax Efficiency Ownership Flexibility M&A Potential C Corps are highly attractive to investors, particularly for those considering venture capital or IPO. The flexibility to have multiple stock classes is a major draw for institutional investors.

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Cooley’s 2020 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

2020 was also the year of the SPACraze , with SPAC IPOs raising more than $75 billion in gross proceeds, a 525% increase compared to 2019. Not surprisingly, the parties appear to disagree over whether “commercially reasonable efforts” were used in connection with attempting to achieve the milestones as required by the merger agreement.

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