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Exit volume remains healthy, despite a cautious M&A environment

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Despite a more cautious M&A environment, exit activity has declined a bit, but it hasn’t stalled, suggesting that many firms are finding alignment between exit-readiness and market demand. According to our data, t he median holding period for PE-backed portfolio companies is 5.8 million private companies. All rights reserved.

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Manufacturing’s moment: Why private equity is doubling down

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Our M&A database has tracked more than 1,060 manufacturing-focused transactions in 24 months , giving us a front-row seat to where capital is flowing, and more importantly, why. Yet, behind the scenes, it’s one of the most active areas of investment , particularly over the past two years. Of all deals tracked, a striking 580 were U.S.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

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Last updated in 2005, this latest edition of Cyber Hard Problems: Focused Steps Toward a Resilient Digital Future focuses on the massive evolution that has occurred in cybersecurity, digital systems and society as a whole over the last several years. Hyrum Anderson, a senior director of AI & security in Cisco’s new Foundation AI team.

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What's Market: Representations and Warranty Insurance

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Representation and warranty insurance (“RWI”) is an increasingly important feature of private company M&A transactions. Every other year since 2005 the ABA has released its Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies (the “ABA studies”). Originally Published in Bloomberg Law. By: Goulston & Storrs PC

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What's Market: The Materiality Scrape

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Over the past 15+ years covered by the ABA studies, materiality scrapes have morphed from being a somewhat uncommon provision, seen in about 14% of transactions in 2005, to something near-ubiquitous in M&A purchase agreements, now included in about 80%% of transactions.

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Delaware Court of Chancery Questions Enforceability of Con Ed Provisions

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So-called Con Ed provisions emerged as M&A practitioners’ response to Consolidated Edison, Inc. Northeast Utilities, a 2005 case in which the 2nd U.S.

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M&A Sell-Side Transactions: A Roadmap for Researching and Identifying Likely Acquirers

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When I launched Private Equity Info in 2005, I sought to provide the Investment banking industry with a solution to generate targeted buyer lists for their clients' companies quickly. But, of course, the key word is "targeted."

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