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Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Challenges to Sale of Company by Private Equity Controller, Assesses Transaction Under Business Judgment Rule Standard

JD Supra: Mergers

Authentix or the Company) to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP (BWE) in September 2017. The Carlyle Group Inc., in which he rejected plaintiffs claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc. By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Clearview Invests in Advantage Behavioral Health

JD Supra: Mergers

Advantage, founded in 2017 and based in Laurel Springs, New Jersey, is mental health treatment provider operating in nine states. Clearview Capital has announced the recapitalization of Advantage Behavioral Health. By: McGuireWoods LLP

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Liquidnet bolsters US equities business with Instinet hires

The TRADE

Budds also most recently worked at Instinet, as an executive director from August 2017 to April 2025, and helped in the development and integration of BlockCross into the firm. Previous experience also includes serving as a vice president at State Street, as well as trading positions at ITG and Cavu Capital.

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Nevada Supreme Court Follows Delaware In Overruling Gentile v. Rosette

JD Supra: Mergers

In 2017, the Nevada Supreme Court held that a class action lawsuit should be dismissed for failure to plead a direct rather than a derivative claim. The Court did allow the plaintiffs to replead "equity expropriation " claims that might have been considered direct under the Delaware Supreme Court's holding. Parametric Sound Corp.

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TechCrunch Equity Podcast: 2017’s Top Tech Acquisitions and What’s in Store for 2018

Cooley M&A

The January 12, 2018, edition of TechCrunch’s weekly venture capital-focused podcast, Equity, looks back at the past year’s M&A transactions and evaluates what’s in store for 2018.

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Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

TechCrunch: M&A

The news comes four years after private equity giant Thoma Bravo acquired Imperva for $2.1 billion deal in 2017 to procure Gemalto , a company offering digital identification and data protection for industries such as banking. This includes a $5.5

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Former Credit Suisse equities lead to take the helm as UBS global execution services head permanently

The TRADE

Hosie originally joined Credit Suisse in 2017 as its head of equities Asia Pacific, later assuming responsibility of the asset class for both Asia Pacific and EMEA and eventually taking up the role in a global capacity in 2023. He took up the role on an interim basis in March.