CNBC: Investing

JULY 19, 2025

This segment was formed in 2019 following the combination of Global Payments and Total System Services ("TSYS") in an all-stock merger of equals to create a leading payments company with a presence in both merchant acquiring and issuer services.

Shares

JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 31, 2025

On 22 July 2025, the UK Government published its fourth Annual Report on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). On the same day, the Labour administration unveiled proposals to reform the NSIA regime, with a view to reducing the burden on business.

Investment

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 1, 2025

These changes will be welcome in removing from the scope of the regime arrangements that pose no/low risk, albeit the full scope of the carve outs from the regime (e.g. which forms of internal reorganisation will be excepted) is not yet clear. hide - hide Back to Top Home What Is JD Supra?

Corporation

JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 29, 2025

On 22 July 2025, the UK government launched a long-awaited consultation on proposed amendments to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) Notifiable Acquisition Regulations (NARs).

Consulting

TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 12, 2025

Clay’s software, launched in 2021 , is something of a smarter address book or personal CRM, letting users organize the people they know and keep up with their latest updates by pulling in data from services like LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp, and X, as well as address books and calendars. .”

Management

TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 30, 2025

billion in 2021 to $3 billion. Topics AI , Clio , Harvey , legal software , Mergers and Acquisitions , Startups Marina Temkin Reporter, Venture Marina Temkin is a venture capital and startups reporter at TechCrunch. In addition to announcing plans to acquire vLex, Clio said it has reached $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR).

Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 21, 2024

Today's speech by Guillaume Loriot -- the EC's Deputy Director General for Mergers -- is worth a read. Without agreeing necessarily with all of the enforcement decisions described therein, it is striking how much the speech reminds me of those given by US antitrust officials back in the 1990s, 2000s, and much of the 2010s.

Mergers

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).

Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Report covers the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022, which represents the first full fiscal year of the Biden Administration’s merger enforcement efforts. By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Mergers

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 15, 2024

AstraZeneca dismissed stockholder claims in connection with the $3 billion merger of Viela Bio and Horizon Therapeutics in 2021. The merger was approved by Viela’s stockholders at a share price of $53.00 On July 2, 2024, the Delaware Chancery Court in Sciannella v. per share, a 52.8% premium over Viela’s share price at the time.

Mergers

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 16, 2024

8, 2024), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action brought by investors who purchased shares of the special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corporation IV (“CCIV”) in early 2021 before it merged with Atieva, Inc. d/b/a Lucid Motors (“Lucid”) in July 2021.

Investors

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 23, 2023

Following enhanced scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the poor post-merger performance of many SPACs, the SPAC bubble burst in early 2021 as investors and dealmakers turned their attention elsewhere. By: Jones Day

Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 18, 2023

Following feedback on the first edition of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) market guidance, a recently published second edition clarifies aspects of the NSI Act for businesses falling within its scope. By: Morgan Lewis

Government

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.

Management

JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape in 2024 showed signs of recovery following the slump experienced in 2023. Deal volumes increased, but the market remains considerably slower compared to the boom years of 2021 and 2022.

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 28, 2025

2024 was a better year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK and Europe than 2023, although overall growth in the market was slow. Deal numbers, by both absolute volume and aggregate deal value, remained far below the heights of 2021. By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) published Draft Merger Guidelines. By: Mintz

Mergers

JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a draft version of new Merger Guidelines (Merger Guidelines), which would replace the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines (the latter were rescinded by the FTC in September 2021).

Mergers

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.

Financial Statement

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.

Valuation

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In a much-anticipated ruling of 3 September 2024, the EU's highest court threw out the policy that the European Commission has been pursuing since 2021, by which it asserted jurisdiction to review so-called “killer acquisitions” falling below the review thresholds of both the Commission and all EU Member States.

Acquisitions

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

M&A

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.

Mergers

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.

Investors

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. In Fiscal Year 2022, merging parties filed 3,029 transactions eligible for Second Request with regulatory agencies—the second highest in almost 20 years, surpassed only by FY 2021.

Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The amendment to section 86 of the Companies Act was gazetted on 21 October 2021 and came into effect on 31 August 2022, abolishing the ‘headcount test’ in members’ schemes of arrangement, typically used to privatise companies or as an alternative to the Cayman merger process. By: Conyers

Mergers

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The M&A market has witnessed a major increase in the use of earnout deal terms after 2021. The number of deals with earnout provisions jumped from around 20% in 2021 to 33% in 2023. By: Womble Bond Dickinson

M&A

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The automaker, created by a 2021 merger, is dealing with labor unrest, slumping sales and a revolt from its dealers.

Mergers

JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

government has used its powers under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the UK’s version of CFIUS) to order a Chinese-registered firm to sell its stake in a British semiconductor company. By: Hogan Lovells

Securities

JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As we close 2024, middle market M&A transactions, typically valued between $10 million and $500 million, have begun to show signs of finally rebounding from their peak in 2021. As deal activity continues to ramp up, here are some recent trends that we are observing going into 2025: By: Seward & Kissel LLP

Middle Market

JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Situation: On September 10, 2024, the UK government published the third National Security and Investment Act 2021 Annual Report ("2023/2024 Annual Report"), revealing longer processing times for foreign direct investment ("FDI") reviews, but lower rates of Phase 2 call-ins and conditions being imposed. By: Jones Day

Government

JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

At the end of 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which both parties then ratified in 2021.

Trading

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 23, 2023

2021-0821-LWW (Del. 1, 2023) - In the aftermath of a SPAC merger, the plaintiff (a public stockholder) brought claims for breaches of fiduciary duty against the SPAC's board and sponsor, as controllers, for issuing an allegedly false and misleading proxy statement. GigAcquisitions2, LLC, C.A. By: Morris James LLP

Mergers

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.

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

COMPETITION - Summary of Commission Decision of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 in Case AT.39914 39914 - Euro Interest Rate Derivatives - Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions & Final Report of the Hearing Officer. By: Mayer Brown

Advisory

JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

s 2021 acquisition of GRAIL Inc., European Commission Orders Unprecedented Unwinding Of Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL. For the first time, the European Commission has ordered reversal of a consummated transaction, Illumina Inc.’s a company developing blood tests for cancer detection. By: WilmerHale

Acquisitions

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. Attempts to add a new independent director as recently as 2-3 years ago were met with pushback.

Acquisitions