Focus Investment Banking

JULY 9, 2025

Because we are so active across the market, we have developed relationships with PE groups and other investors who are often active across healthcare verticals. For example, the FOCUS healthcare team covers the entire healthcare services landscape with a special emphasis on provider groups (including dental and physician practices).

Broker

Sun Acquisitions

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The rise of strategic activism: Strategic activism is a type of investor activism in which investors push companies to make changes to improve their long-term performance. The short-term focus of some investors. Some investors are only interested in the short-term financial gains achieved from a merger or acquisition.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 23, 2024

These characteristics, coupled with bakery manufacturers ability to continually innovate and adapt to consumer trends, have attracted investors and boosted M&A activity in recent years. The bakery category is also incredibly resilient.

Food

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

As we discussed in Cooleys August 2024 Market Talks, the landscape for IPOs has continued to gain steam over the course of the year, with many companies opting for public offerings to capture investor interest.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 9, 2025

Private Equity Continues Push Into Professional Services There was a time in the not too distant past when private equity investors eschewed investments in accounting and consulting firms. With these highly sought after characteristics, it’s no wonder that private equity investors have taken note. Much has changed in recent years.

Professional Services

Deal Lawyers

JULY 9, 2025

Over on The M&A Law Prof Blog, Prof. Brian Quinn looked at the recent amendments to Texas’s corporate statute and came away unsure about whether the state has any idea what it’s doing.

Investors

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 1, 2025

Digitisation Taskforce – final report July 2025 The latest report sets out key steps for removing paper share certificates and improving the current intermediated system of share ownership so investors can more effectively exercise their rights.

Corporation

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 30, 2025

Value of Preparation: The 3 Things Every Shop Owner Should Know Before a Buyer Ever Calls If you own a CNC or precision machining business, you may already be fielding inbound interest from buyers or investors. But here’s the truth: the best deals don’t start with a buyer’s call—they start with your preparation.

Manufacturing

JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 8, 2025

Investors must be sure to understand the risks of declining to seek and obtain CFIUS clearance for such transactions. Limited, a Hong Kong company majority-owned by China’s Suirui Group Co.

Acquisitions

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 7, 2025

Purely Financial Gain Private Equity Groups (PEGs) are simply in the business of making extraordinary returns for their investors. Companies seek to align with national priorities in cybersecurity, space exploration, or unmanned systems by quickly acquiring relevant capabilities and make acquisitions that expand and protect supply chains.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Private Equity Info

JUNE 9, 2025

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Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 10, 2025

If you’re operating in a growing metro area, a major corridor or a tax-friendly state and you have strong store-level performance, investors and strategic buyers are likely to show interest in both the business and the real estate. The key is presenting each in the right light.

Book-building

Tyton Partners

JULY 8, 2025

When to Use Catalytic Capital – Identifying Market Failure One of the biggest challenges for investors (and entrepreneurs/operators) is understanding “when” and “why” catalytic capital is the best source of capital to fuel growth. Continuing the Conversation Catalytic capital isn’t just a funding mechanism—it represents a mindset shift.

Education

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 3, 2025

Trade wars and retaliatory tariffs not only increase food costs but also dampen international investor confidence. Climate & Political Instability The restaurant industry is increasingly exposed to global political risks and climate events.

Food

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 5, 2025

What This Means for Sellers & Investors Premium Exit Opportunities — Firms with advanced certifications (ISO, AS9100, NADCAP), modern machine assets, automation, and precision tech typically command higher multiples. Private Equity Dry Powder and Vertical Deals Private equity firms hold over $1.2

Valuation

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 6, 2025

This round table is designed for professionals across the water sector—from policymakers and agricultural producers to engineers, investors, and resource managers—seeking actionable insights in an increasingly complex and interconnected environment. Let’s talk solutions. Let’s talk water.

Investment Banking

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 30, 2025

DSO Creation Private equity investment in dental practices began in the 1990’s when the first DSOs sought outside investors. The dental space remains an active and competitive marketplace where practice sellers can maximize value with an expert team of advisors. The chart below shows DSO creation by year.

Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2025

Bill Black: So after COVID in 2020, a lot of investors got out of the office building market and started focusing on our industry. Chandler Kohn: Of course. So they’re coming after ours. And I had relationships with all our landlords. They’re really good relationships.

Management

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 31, 2025

And would I want to like take money from him in terms of an investor? But, you know, again, having a thesis, A hypothesis about how things might play out in the future helps me as an investor And then, you know, fosters really good debate. And do I like how they think? And does it align with the way I’m seeing the world?

M&A

Francine Way

JULY 7, 2017

Thus far in the last 10 blog posts, we have discussed what M&A is, its success metrics, types of acquirers and value creations, capital structure, debt, and equity. In Blog #02 of the M&A series, we discussed SWOT analysis. and (4) support long-term business strategy. and (4) support long-term business strategy.

M&A

Francine Way

JULY 19, 2017

Knowing which underlying elements need to be boosted or reduced to what level increases an acquirer’s / investor’s chance to getting the expected outcome. For investors, it provides useful information on what has to change about the company or its operating environment (risk-free rate, market risk premium, etc.) for a higher return.

Valuation

Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell.

M&A

Francine Way

MAY 18, 2017

They are meant to provide accurate picture of the company’s financial health to investors, lenders, suppliers, and customers - so, typically has a bias of showing higher earning per share (EPS) as company management is aligned with EPS increases.

M&A

Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

The advantages include the forward-looking nature of the analysis (DCF can be used on startups with no historical performance), the clarity on what investors are truly buying (free cash flows), the fact that it recognizes the timing of each cash flow (the sooner, the better), and the ease of comparing its results to other corporate projects.

Discounted Cash Flow

Francine Way

JULY 17, 2017

The advantages include its ability to provide investors and acquirers with a detailed snapshot of the target’s historical growth and financial strengths. The sample file for our LBO analysis can be accessed here. As we can tell from the steps laid out thus far, LBO has advantages and disadvantages.

Valuation

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors, interest rate movements can have a very significant impact on the outlook of their investments since PE uses such a large amount of debt to finance transactions. Some investors have tolerance for one type of payment over the other and may use one over the other in different situations.

Investors

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For private equity investors who have been monitoring the situation around inflation for the last few months to a year, many have been disappointed to see the slow trajectory with which inflation has been coming down from highs. Currently, inflation in the U.S. Explore the role of private equity now.

Investors

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, for private equity investors, this uncertainty represents a unique opportunity to take advantage of investment opportunities in public markets. According to the Institutional Investor, 81% of value in all transactions in 2023 so far were take-private deals (compared to 20% seen in a typical year).

Investors

Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

To overcome these challenges, the institutional investors who are most successful with RPA typically base their programs on three pillars: 1. However, institutional investors typically have departments which are smaller—and therefore inter-departmental collaboration is key. Cross-departmental collaboration. Effective process selection.

Investors

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors who have been monitoring the situation around inflation for the last few months to a year, many have been disappointed to see the slow trajectory with which inflation has been coming down from highs. Currently, inflation in the U.S. First, diversification is key.

Investors

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

However, for private equity investors, this uncertainty represents a unique opportunity to take advantage of investment opportunities in public markets. According to the Institutional Investor, 81% of value in all transactions in 2023 so far were take-private deals (compared to 20% seen in a typical year).

Investors

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors, one of the most important considerations for a successful investment is determining the value the firm will receive at exit, which directly impacts fund returns. Private equity investors often have a 5 to 7-year investment horizon and expect a significant return at the end of this hold period.

Investors

Deal Lawyers

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Earlier this year, I blogged about the NFL’s decision to open its franchises up to investment by a select group of private equity funds. According to this Institutional Investor article, those funds are chomping at the bit to get a piece of the NFL’s action, and it says that they like the NFL for the […]

Private Equity

Cisco: M&A

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As part of an ongoing effort to mitigate risks to investors, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enacted new cybersecurity rules last month to provide investors greater levels of… Read more on Cisco Blogs

Investors

Deal Lawyers

JULY 15, 2024

We previously blogged about the Chancery Court’s decision in Kellner v. AIM Immunotech, (Del.

Investors

Deal Lawyers

MARCH 6, 2024

In early December, I blogged about the Starbucks proxy contest led by the Strategic Organizing Center.

Corporation

Deal Lawyers

AUGUST 21, 2023

I recently blogged about PE sponsors putting more equity in their deals in response to the challenging deal financing environment.

Private Equity