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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

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The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. Bill Roegge. Meredith Klionsky. Teddy Nimetz. [1] Dual-class companies that emerged in other contexts (e.g.,

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Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

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Portfolio optimization through divestitures of noncore assets In addition to pharmas smaller appetite in 2024, pharma companies continued to slim down by shedding nonessential assets to sharpen their strategic focus on core products.

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