JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While Canadian M&A activity continued to lag in 2023 as compared to 2021 and early 2022 in terms of transaction value and volume, as reflected in a significant downturn in exits in Q3, there remain a number of reasons for optimism for Canadian M&A as we move into 2024. By: Bennett Jones LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Today, a tale of two markets are seen in healthcare mergers and acquisition (M&A): the present (as reflected in the data about declining dealmaking) and the future (reflected in the increasingly positive outlook by dealmakers). By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 7, 2024

Global M&A was laid low by market headwinds in 2023, with a cocktail of high inflation, geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty causing activity to slow. Mexico was no exception to this trend, with dealmaking falling from strong post-pandemic performances logged in 2021 and 2022. By: White & Case LLP

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M&A 173

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 24, 2023

Market conditions suggest that the trend toward longer durations will continue in 2023. Amid the current economic uncertainty, many PE buyers are taking extra precautions to ensure that the deals they pursue will deliver the value they expect. By: Goodwin

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Sun Acquisitions

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In this race to a greener future, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are emerging as a powerful tool for companies to gain a significant edge. This hypothetical scenario perfectly illustrates the power of M&A in the sustainability sector. M&A provides a shortcut for companies to acquire the missing puzzle piece.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Collaboration Private Equity 59

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

is coming off of two years of historically low interest rates and a tremendous amount of liquidity, factors that created a very strong sellers’ market in 2021 and 2022.This Originally published in Smart Business - March 2023.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

According to the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies, financial statement representations are universally required from sellers in private company M&A deals, included in almost every transaction—99% covered by the most recent study in 2021.

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Financial Statement Mergers and Acquisitions M&A Mergers 195

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the UK’s first standalone regime for screening investments on national security grounds, has been in force for two years. The UK government is considering steps to make the regime more business-friendly, while maintaining and refining essential national security protections.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 12, 2023

Overview - The year 2022 started strong but proved to be a mixed year for M&A in what could be described as a return to earth after the record-setting year that was 2021. M&A market alone exceeded $2 trillion in 2021 – a staggering figure that crushed (by nearly 30%) the then-existing record established in 2015.

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Mergers Acquisitions M&A Valuation 130

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 6, 2024

Regulatory changes and government antitrust scrutiny of merger and acquisition activity have led to increased attention to Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Second Requests. The past few years have been busy in the M&A space. By: Lighthouse

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 17, 2023

The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. Markets have since cooled, with capital becoming harder to find. But any company preparing to sell within the next five years should consider the more common IP issues that arise during the legal due diligence process.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers Capital 130

TechCrunch: M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

billion in 2021. Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7 In a press […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 23, 2023

M&A in Japan has remained steady since the outlier spike in activity in Q4 2021, with that momentum continuing in the first months of this year. In Q1 2023, there were 196 deals, almost exactly matching the 192 total in the prior quarter. By: White & Case LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

OCTOBER 12, 2023

billion valuation in May 2021 when it announced a $130 million Series C. Atlassian announced this morning that it is acquiring video messaging service Loom for $975 million, the same company that had a $1.53 That was when companies were still thinking about all work being cloud-based and the future looked oh so bright.

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 15, 2024

Prytek had already been a big investor in TipRanks since 2017, most recently leading a $77 million round in the company in 2021. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Investors Stock IT Mergers and Acquisitions 275

Synopsys: M&A

JULY 8, 2022

Find out what our audit services team unearthed in the 2,400+ codebases we reviewed in 2021. The post The M&A Open Source Risk Number appeared first on Application Security Blog.

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M&A Securities Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers 87

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 9, 2024

The economic environment has mostly stabilized following the inflationary shocks of 2021-2022, and a strong Q4 2023 suggests that M&A may be in line for a comeback in 2024. The following trends demonstrate why now is likely a great time to sell your business. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 8, 2024

M&A activity in the digital infrastructure sector has been growing year-on-year in Europe, with deal counts and cumulative deal values highlighting the resilience of this asset class. By: Latham & Watkins LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 31, 2024

Exit plans have either swiveled or been put on hold as valuations have remained low, and there has not been a huge market for M&A or IPOs. While we may not see the activity level we experienced in 2021, we could see an increase in deals and more exit options available. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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IPO Valuation M&A 195

The Harvard Law School Forum

JANUARY 7, 2023

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Are M&A Contract Clauses Value Relevant to Target and Bidder Shareholders? After a record-shattering year for M&A in 2021, a crescendo that built over a decade, powered by unique pandemic conditions, 2022 was, statistically, a reversion to the mean.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And What We Anticipate in 2022 2021 is finally behind us, and, as the old curse goes, we still appear to be living in interesting times. 2021 was not an easy year, and now that it's behind us we can't help but wonder what 2022 has in store. Or will the multiples decrease?

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Insurance M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity 52

The Harvard Law School Forum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As predicted in our previous M&A report, 2022 has not lived up to the runaway performance of 2021. It is reasonable to expect that M&A activity will continue with a more cautious tone, as it was headed toward the end of the second quarter. This post is based on their White & Case memorandum.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 17, 2023

While a new director joined the Board in 2020, he was ousted barely a year later in 2021 following some self-serving corporate governance maneuvers geared at maintaining the underperforming status quo and the mummified Board’s grip on power. Today Stratasys announced that its board has unanimously rejected Nano Dimension’s offer.

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Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions Entertainment Manufacturing 241

The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

4] However, such exceptions were not universal and, as will be discussed below, the vast majority of dual-class charters adopted before 2016 that contained transfer restrictions did not include M&A voting agreement carve outs. Nussbaum is a partner, Bill Roegge and Meredith Klionsky are associates at Cooley LLP. Klionsky, and Mr. Nimetz.

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The Deal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

With the acquisition of Stoplight Inc. , SmartBear Software Inc. builds on its portfolio of technology for application programming interfaces, or APIs, a critical part of software development that lets applications talk to each other. 22 purchase. “We’ll continue to build products and continue to acquire companies,” Roe said.

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Quest: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Thanks for sticking with me as I dive into the details of my eight predictions for 2021 ! On to the second half, starting with a subject that regular readers know is near and dear to my heart: mergers and acquisitions. In 2020, M&A activity lagged — and then soared. Your digital reputation will come under attack.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions IT Accountant 52

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Short - The Situation: The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that supplemental disclosures must be "material" to warrant mootness fees in litigation challenging the disclosures for M&A transactions. 2021-0202-KSJM (Del. Anderson v. Magellan Health, Inc., July 6, 2023). By: Jones Day

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The Deal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

M&A deals in the cryptocurrency space have been on an exponential rise over recent years. There were a record 626 completed deals in 2022, up from 348 in 2021, with the U.S. being the dominant market for M&A activity, according to PwC’s 2023 Global Cryptocurrency M&A and fundraising report.

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Devensoft

JUNE 1, 2023

Chapter 1: A Modern Due Diligence Guide for Today’s Economy Merger and acquisition (M&A) due diligence is a crucial process for businesses looking to acquire or merge with another. According to a study by Deloitte, over 90% of M&A deals fail to achieve their objectives, often due to inadequate due diligence.

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Economics M&A Management Financial Statement 98

Cooley M&A

APRIL 27, 2021

Cooley, DFIN, PwC, Nasdaq and The Blueshirt Group took part in a two-part webinar series Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom on May 4 & 11, 2021. Session One – Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 9:00 – 10:30 am PT. Capital markets update with Morgan Stanley Planning and executing a successful SPAC merger.

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Solganick & Co.

JULY 12, 2024

Report: Artificial Intelligence in a Growing M&A Landscape, 1H 2024 July 12, 2024 – Solganick has published its latest M&A update on the artificial intelligence industry sector as of 1H 2024. Artificial Ingelligence mergers and acquisitons has been a subsector of expertise within the firm for 5+ years.

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Benchmark International

MAY 24, 2023

After a very active year in 2021 and a reasonably robust market in 2022, M&A deal-making in the healthcare sector will soar in 2023 thanks to much corporate cash and private equity sitting on plenty of dry powder.

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Solganick & Co.

MARCH 11, 2022

has been named by Axial as a top software M&A advisory firm. Following a record-setting 2021 for lower middle market software M&A, the Software Top 50 highlights the most active software-focused dealmakers on the Axial platform. Technology services were 2021’s second-fastest-growing sector at 64%.

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M&A Middle Market Valuation Private Equity 52

Trout CPA: M&A

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For life sciences companies, M&A and collaborations are a key strategy for growth, building product pipelines, and getting products to market as quickly as possible. According to BDO’s Life Sciences CFO Survey, 33% of CFOs planned to pursue M&A in 2022, up 25% from the 2021 survey.

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M&A Collaboration Valuation Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 30, 2023

has issued its latest M&A Update report for the Education, Learning and Training Technology (EdTech) sector, summarizing Q4 2022 and 2023 outlook. Mergers and acquisitions in the EdTech industry have been on the rise since 2020 yet cooled off in 2022. Mergers and acquisitions in the EdTech industry are expected to increase in 2023.

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Solganick & Co.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

has published its latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) update on the Cloud Computing sector. It covers relavant M&A transactions within the cloud partner ecosystem including AWS Cloud, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Intelligent Cloud/Azure (and others). November 6, 2023 – Solganick & Co.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Valuation Professional Services 52

TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 26, 2023

The deal marks Ramp’s first acquisition since it bought Buyer , a “negotiation-as-a-service” platform that claimed to save its clients money on big-ticket purchases such as annual software contracts, in August of 2021 and second since its 2019 inception. One salesperson is joining the Ramp team as well (Wang left Cohere in 2021).

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