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. Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers.

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Cooley M&A

JUNE 10, 2024

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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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. The Merger Agreement. 2018-0300-JTL (Del.

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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. The cultural differences led to significant internal conflict, with the HP board narrowly approving the merger by a single vote.

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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). However, disagreements, especially between the developed and developing nations, have kept many objectives unmet.

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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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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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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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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? You knowyou!

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