The Deal

DECEMBER 4, 2023

NMI’s purchase of the commercial division of SphereCommerce LLC continues the Insight Partners portfolio company’s years-long series of acquisitions to build out its payment platform. Network Merchants added layers of payments capability and services through acquisitions. and Square parent Block Inc. “You

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The Deal

MAY 18, 2023

That experience taught Levitsky a number of lessons that he continues to use as an M&A and private equity lawyer at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he has practiced since 2001. “I on its acquisition of Warner Media LLC from AT&T Inc. (T) “How are they deciding questions? Discovery Inc.

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IBG

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Through his long-term role as chairman of the M&A profession’s Business Intermediary Education Foundation, John helped lead the successful effort in gaining Congressional approval of a federal registration exemption for M&A brokers and advisors ( HR 2617: “Registration Exemption for Merger and Acquisition Brokers” ).

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The M&A Lawyer

AUGUST 25, 2015

Most private M&A transactions are structured as acquisitions of stock , rather than mergers or asset purchases. The principal agreement governing such a transaction is typically a Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA), sometimes styled a Securities Purchase Agreement or simply a Purchase Agreement.

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M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 15, 2022

Few companies divest units immediately following an acquisition (unless they are compelled to do so by antitrust regulators), but many companies divest them eventually. In any given year, nearly half of the acquisitions that occur come about because the sellers are divesting a company unit. Lajoux, Alexandra Reed. “M&A

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The M&A Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Otherwise, the buyer may terminate the acquisition agreement. Virtually all acquisition agreements include a formal definition of Material Adverse Effect in the Definitions section. 2001) ; Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Specifically, an MAE must not have occurred during the gap period. This is often referred to as a MAC out.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Predictability A stable regulatory environment, underpinned by WTO agreements, provides investment bankers and private equity professionals with a more predictable landscape to plan mergers and acquisitions (M&As). One major criticism stems from the perception that it often favors developed nations at the expense of developing countries.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 21, 2024

11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Great Recession of 2008. And we can do an acquisition of a of a shop maybe that needs some improvement. He said he once took out a total of $100,000 in cash advances on multiple credit cards. Ebert and his partner in New Lenox Auto Body also dealt with the effects of the Sept.

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Cooley M&A

JUNE 10, 2024

Strategic acquisitions and large-cap M&A transactions between parties in the same or adjacent sectors are the most likely to face multiple overlapping regulatory reviews in Europe, although increasingly, competitive overlaps are not a requirement for regulatory intervention.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2018

M&A practitioners have long advised boards of directors that the Delaware courts have never found that the events or circumstances in a particular transaction met the contractual standard of having a material adverse effect (or MAE) as defined in a merger or acquisition agreement. We can no longer give this advice. Huntsman Corp. ,

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Devensoft

AUGUST 14, 2023

Streamlining Integration Management Office (IMO) for Better Efficiency Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are complex undertakings that require careful planning and execution. HP-Compaq Merger : In 2001, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced its merger with Compaq , a major computer hardware manufacturer.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

CME Group acquired EBS in 2018 as part of a larger acquisition of London-based NEX Group, forming a combined company for futures, cash and OTC markets. Formed in 2001, FXall has served the corporate, asset management, hedge fund and banking communities for over two decades.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 14, 2025

The eDiscovery industry in 2024 has proven to be another transformative year, with mergers, acquisitions, and investments driving significant shifts in the competitive and technological landscape. As the market matures, strategic activity remains central to the sectors ability to meet evolving demands.

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The Deal

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Epstein went to CS during the dot-com bubble, which burst in 2001. He always responded to the most junior bankers as if they were the most senior bankers. It’s important to me to treat our junior lawyers the same way.” CS like many banks reduced headcount in response, and Epstein was affected in one of the rounds of layoffs.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

That is heady stuff, and that is why in the first edition of Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies , I thanked the Internet. The Implications of the Scrape When the first edition of Mergers & Acquisitions for Dummies was released in 2011, numerous well-meaning people asked, who wrote it? Have I proven my technology bona fides yet?

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