JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On 26 January 2024, the European Commission published a report on competition enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector, highlighting the role of EU competition law in safeguarding market participants and consumers, particularly amid the challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis. The report looks at enforcement from 2018 - 2022 and is a follow-up of the previous report which covered 2009 - 2017.

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Pharmaceutical 185

Deal Lawyers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I think it’s fair to say that the bloom is off the rose for a whole bunch of SPACs, and many of those companies may be contemplating the viability of a take private deal.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases. The headwinds in the tech M&A sector are generally reflective of two core trends.

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The New York Times: Banking

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Economies all over the world are lowering inflation while avoiding serious recession — but growth in the United States stands out.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2023—from advising SoftBank on two acquisitions of public companies in the robotics space, to partnering with sustainable food chain investing firm Paine Schwartz Partners and Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) on SNFL’s combination with International Fruit Genetics, to representing Imerys in connection with its joint venture with British Lithium.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The U.S. 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 year, while there is still a lot of dry powder looking to be put to work in the right opportunities, liquidity has tightened in the face of macroeconomic headwinds and a higher interest rate environment.

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The Deal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

After being in business for more than a decade, security solutions provider Servexo Inc., which services the corporate, government, healthcare, education and utilities sectors, is prepared to entertain serious discussions with potential investors in the next three to six months. Servexo, headquartered in Gardena, Calif., has been bootstrapped since it was founded in 2012 and incorporated in 2013.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The article examines the JOA’s main provisions, including rights and duties of the operator, operating committee, work programs and budgets, contract awards, greenhouse gas provisions, exclusive operations, default, decommissioning and abandonment, transfers of interests, changes in control, withdrawal, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, economic sanctions, and human rights.

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Economics 170

Cisco: M&A

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Transforming the war room starts with Customer Digital Experience Monitoring (CDEM) to break down silos with correlated, cross-domain insights and efficiency for rapid resolutions.

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Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

Finance

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amendments to the UK real estate investment trust (REIT) rules were introduced in the new Finance Bill 2023-2024, which is expected to become law in the summer of 2024. Published on 29 November 2023, the amendments reaffirm a number of measures announced by the UK Government when the first draft of the legislation was published in July 2023, as well as containing a number of further changes to the REIT rules.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Jeff Kilburg wants to cautiously approach these new all-time highs by using an options strategy to create some income and protect my profits.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

China doubled its merger notification thresholds effective on January 26, 2024. China's State Council recently published new merger control notification thresholds doubling the previous China revenue thresholds in an amended Regulation on Notification Thresholds for Concentrations of Business Operators (the "Regulation"), the first time since the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") came into effect in 2008.

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The New York Times: Banking

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Legislation that went into effect this year makes it easier for student loan borrowers to save for retirement while paying down their debt.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

Capital

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If you thought you could hide behind your LLC in this new year, think again. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York LLC Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”), which will go into effect in late 2024.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Analysts have grown increasingly bullish on Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Uber, among other companies that will issue their latest financials next week.

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Pharmaceutical 92

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Several years ago, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which became effective law on January 1, 2021 (the “Act”). Included in the Anti-Money Laundering legislation was the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Congress’s intent for passing the CTA is to assist in the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing through anonymous shell companies by creating new reporting requirements.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Shipping giants are looking to AI to develop self-navigation technology that can reduce costs and emissions on the high seas.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

Architecture

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Volumes of deals and deal sizes were both down due to, amongst other factors, historic levels of inflation, rising interest rates, heightened regulatory scrutiny in many jurisdictions and geopolitical instability. Whilst M&A in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) remained resilient in the first half of 2023, deal activity fell in the second half of the year.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Questions remain for investors after some major disappointments in an intense week suggest more challenges ahead.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On 22 January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new, increased thresholds and filing fees for transactions requiring premerger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act). Under the adjustments, the minimum “size of transaction” threshold will increase to US$119.5 million from US$111.4 million in 2023.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lincoln International LLC served as financial advisor to CRA and Bestige. The post Kinderhook buys Compactor Rentals of America appeared first on PE Hub.

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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

Business

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Effective on March 6, 2024, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump from $111.4 million currently to $119.5 million. Several other associated thresholds will increase as well, as detailed below. This is also the first time that the HSR filing fees have been increased as part of the annual inflation adjustment, following legislation in 2023.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

"MnM? Microsoft, Nvidia & *now* Meta Leading in AI Era," Raymond James analyst Josh Beck said in a note to clients.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top There seems to be a much more positive outlook when discussing the potential for M&A activity in 2024, and that includes the potential for deals across the pond. Bloomberg recently highlighted a survey conducted by Deutsche Numis, showing that British companies and institutional investors feel acquisitions will pick up this year.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Cook & Boardman is a distributor of commercial doors, frames & hardware, electronic access control equipment and specialty products. The post Platinum Equity-backed Cook & Boardman acquires manufacturer Discovery Door appeared first on PE Hub.

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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

Securities

CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Only a fraction of the cash in money markets will move to bonds, JPMorgan believes. Here's when it could happen — and where the money may go.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

TPG, MidOcean Partners and CDPQ are some of the players investing in the human resources sector. The post ‘We’re hiring’: 5 PE deals leveraging the talent shortage and other HR complexities appeared first on PE Hub.

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Investment 81

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) announced that it has acquired all the outstanding equity interests of Cooksey Iron & Metal Co., Inc. (“Cooksey”), a metals service center that processes and distributes finished steel products, including tubing, beams, plates and bars. Headquartered in Tifton, Georgia and founded in 1917, Cooksey operates three locations, servicing a diverse range of customers including trailer manufacturers, m

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