JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for SPACs and so-called “de-SPAC” transactions involving target companies who enter into a business combination with SPACs. In summary, the new rules appear intended to harmonize the requirements (and potential liability for SPAC acquisition targets) of de-SPAC transactions.

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TechCrunch: M&A

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the interesting aspects of this deal is that no money is changing hands. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the second week of January, Goodwin and KPMG convened innovators, practitioners, regulators, and others for our annual symposium on the future of life sciences and healthcare. This marked the fifth year that Goodwin co-hosted the symposium, which takes place during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

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Deal Lawyers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Stockholders’ agreements are a common feature in a variety of transactional settings, and the rights and obligations they impose are often an essential part of the deal. That’s why the Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in West Palm Beach Firefighters v. Moelis & Company, (Del. Ch.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of nine state attorneys general (AG) filed a lawsuit on February 26, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon seeking a preliminary injunction to stall Kroger Company’s (Kroger) proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Companies (Albertsons), citing concerns that the proposed deal would eliminate competition among the supermarket giants, leading to higher grocery prices for millions of Americans.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Traditionally, private equity firms were seen as benign investors from an antitrust perspective. This is changing. In the past 12 months, PE-funded acquisitions have faced progressively more rigorous scrutiny by antitrust authorities.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Funds tied to nuclear energy are struggling in February, but that is likely temporary, according to Bank of America.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Wood have introduced new legislation addressing private equity health care deals. The bill, A.B. 3129, would grant the AG oversight over private equity and hedge fund acquisitions of health care facilities.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Stuart Parris has been appointed head of sales at Euronext FX, overseeing a global sales team covering the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. Parris has been with the business since 2018 and has held different senior roles during his tenure, most recently as director, EMEA sales focused on sell-side tier 1 client engagement. Euronext FX has a global reach, with matching engines across regions, including in: London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.

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

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the context of mergers and acquisitions, an acquisition target’s qualified retirement plans, health plans, executive compensation arrangements, and benefit programs (referred to collectively as “benefit programs”) can all be a source of significant liabilities. These benefit programs are promises that the target has made to its employees, and the buyer must ascertain whether it is liable to fulfill them and, if so, the dollar value of those promises.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Torray Fund is up 7.4% in 2024, beating the S&P 500's 6.4% gain. It ranks in the 2nd percentile year to date and 14th percentile over the past three years.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Conceived and founded by 16 doctors, EPIC4 is a unique entity—a Specialty Partnership Organization where dental specialists can maximize potential at all stages of their life and practice. Forming EPIC4 was something of an epic M&A, involving a merger of 26 dental specialty organizations with a total of 56 orthodontic & pediatric practice locations in 14 states.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has already seen a record number of shares traded on Wednesday.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Modernising Market Definition - Market definition is a foundational concept and key tool for antitrust analysis. On February 8, the European Commission ("EC") published a final version of its Revised Market Definition Notice (the “Revised Notice”).

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

First Solar is one of the few companies that has weathered the sharp downturn in the solar sector.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Antitrust authorities continue to use powers to review deals that fall below merger control filing thresholds. For merging parties this means uncertainty. It is crucial that the possibility of review – including a post-closing investigation – is assessed and provided for in transaction documents and deal timetables.

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Cisco: M&A

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Making hot desking secure and accessible on a global scale The first rule of interviewing a CISO at the Australian division of Laing O’Rourke is this: You can’t dig deep into use cases or cli… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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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 28, 2024

Observations from Two of SoCal’s Leading Transaction Attorneys- What can buyers and sellers expect from the M&A market in 2024? Procopio Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Joint Ventures leaders Paul Johnson and Jason Femrite break it down in this Q&A interview.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The S&P 500 today is higher quality and has lower earnings volatility than in prior decades, making it a "different animal," BofA's Savita Subramanian said.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Australian Treasury has released its first quarterly report ("Report") for the 2023-24 financial year covering the regulation of foreign investment in Australia.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The global head of capital markets at German asset manager DWS, Keshava Shastry, has left the business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, The TRADE can reveal. Keshava Shastry Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the German firm for over ten years. He recently left the business, the people said, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the matter is private.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

During the course of 2023, the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to be an item at the top of the agenda when planning and executing global M&A transactions, as well as greenfield cross-border investments. Over the past year, well over 5,000 mandatory notifications were made across major economies* which screen FDI on the basis of national security or public order considerations – and this does not even include voluntary notifications or jurisdictions which do not report

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Apple is axing its car project in favor of what will likely prove some big bets on artificial intelligence, according to UBS.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Global deal value and volume fell again in 2023, down 33% and 18% respectively compared to 2022. This is unsurprising, given persistently tough macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical tensions. Dealmakers are also facing an increasingly challenging antitrust environment. Antitrust authorities continued to take an aggressive approach to merger control enforcement.

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Growth Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success It has been a maritime trade hub for centuries, but it’s tech companies in Bristol that are making waves today. Alongside Gloucester, Swindon and Bath, Bristol makes up the ‘Silicon Gorge’ tech hub, consisting of high-tech research companies. Bristol and Bath’s tech sector is one of the fastest growing in the UK, with just under 5,000 tech companies.

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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.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

'All commerce ultimately requires payment, so the space is always highly relevant and evolving,' said GTCR's Aaron Cohen. The post Payment tech offers everything private equity firms like GTCR love appeared first on PE Hub.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

UBS analyst Brian Meredith hiked his price target on the Berkshire Class A shares to $715,000 from $655,000.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

HarbourView has acquired over 45 music catalogs to date. The post HarbourView to acquire Full Force’s select songwriting and publishing assets appeared first on PE Hub.

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