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Anatomy of a Stock Purchase Agreement

The M&A Lawyer

Most private M&A transactions are structured as acquisitions of stock , rather than mergers or asset purchases. accounts receivable and accounts payable. You’ll notice some discrepancies between my references to Articles of the SPA and the Articles of the AT&T / Deutsche Telekom agreement. absence of conflicts.

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Material Adverse Effect Clauses

The M&A Lawyer

2001) ; Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. After signing a merger agreement to acquire IBP for about $1.6 million impairment charge arising from improper accounting each constituted an MAE. failure by the target to meet revenue or earnings projections. Unfortunately, case law interpreting MAE provisions is meager. 2d 14 (Del.

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Beyond Borders: A Guide for Navigating the European Regulatory Landscape

Cooley M&A

European regulators have enacted – and aggressively pursued – a web of regulatory review tools, including merger control, foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign subsidies control. Merger control – new theories of harm Cross-border dealmakers also must contend with evolving substantive trends in merger reviews.

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

Mergers and Inquisitions

This chart of PE deal activity from 2001 to 2022 in the Bain Capital Healthcare Private Equity report sums up the market quite well: In short, healthcare had never been a huge sector for private equity, but activity ramped up in the late 2010s into the early 2020s, and it’s now one of the top industries by dollar volume (right after tech).

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An Invitation to the Machine Messiah’s Masquerade Ball

Focus Investment Banking

That is heady stuff, and that is why in the first edition of Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies , I thanked the Internet. I imagined this absurdity in a recent post to my social media accounts: I’ve got a new TV show idea! Sure, HAL in 2001 was scary, but R2D2 and C3PO from Star Wars are beloved characters.

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