Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 11, 2025

Industry: It’s best to pick a “generalist” industry, such as consumer/retail , healthcare , technology , or industrials , because deals are more standard and won’t require you to learn industry-specific metrics or jargon. You can cite terms like the coupon rate, original issue discount , and covenants for debt deals. Why or why not?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 14, 2025

Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer. It even includes elements of healthcare , industrials , and oil & gas investment banking.

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Investment Banking Banking Bank Investment 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When you hear the words “healthcare private equity,” two thoughts probably come to mind: Wait a minute, isn’t healthcare a risky/growth-oriented sector? In most of the world, healthcare is either government-run or a mixed public/private sector. Are there many private healthcare companies for PE firms to acquire?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in capital markets, you work on just one category of deals , such as equity-related transactions (IPOs, follow-ons, convertible bonds, etc.) or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds). If this same $1 billion company went public in an IPO, it might sell 10 – 20% of its shares to investors.

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Investment Banking Capital Market Recruitment Capital 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). Debt financing is much more common, and the GE firm is often the first institutional investor.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

In the early days of institutional private equity, many industrial companies were perceived to be stable, cash-flow-generation machines with significant hard assets that could be used as collateral for debt. These multiples might seem ridiculously low if you’re used to tech or healthcare deals. billion with Debt of $2.1

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Private Equity Equities Middle Market Debt 66

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. 2022 was the busiest year for activism in the past four years, and the healthcare and life sciences industry was no exception. Let’s dig in.

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