March, 2022

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What Documents Are Needed To Sell A Business?

Sun Acquisitions

One of the first questions a seller often asks is, “What documents are needed to sell a business?”. It’s a great question and one that we’re more than happy to answer. We’ve split the required documents as follows: A checklist of the legal documents needed to sell a business. A checklist of the financial documents needed to sell a business. It’s worth noting that you might not need all the documents presented on these checklists.

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How cloud can solve your data challenges in M&A

Accenture: M&A

In our previous post, we discussed effective M&A cloud integration and how cloud can help in two specific scenarios: acquisition of a small target and a merger of equals. Continuing this train of thought, we’re looking here at where cloud can help with data integration in M&A, to go a step beyond and solve consolidation…. The post How cloud can solve your data challenges in M&A appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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The Alchemy Of Private Equity Explained

McCombie Group

This article was originally published in Forbes. Business owners are often intimidated by the mystique and the limited information available about private equity (PE) firms and how they operate. The goal of this article is to help explain their mechanics and typical strategy. PE buyers are neither inherently better or worse for sellers, they just… The post The Alchemy Of Private Equity Explained appeared first on McCombie Group.

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Sica | Fletcher Completes Comprehensive Analysis of Multiples Paid in Agency Acquisition

Sica Fletcher

As the leading strategic advisor to the insurance brokerage industry, Sica | Fletcher advises on substantially more transactions than any other advisor in the industry. In our strategic advisory business on the buy-side and sell-side, we have advised on nearly 400 closed transactions over the past three years. We are delighted to announce that we have aggregated this data into the most comprehensive study in the history of our industry on multiples paid in insurance agency and brokerage acquisit

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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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Integration at Tiffany’s

M&A Leadership Council

. 7 Key Integration Initiatives and Objectives to Consider. By Mark Herndon, Chairman of M&A Leadership Council. The acquisition of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) was not technically a hostile takeover, but given the outright insults, threats, lawsuits, back-channel dealings, and portended government intervention – it certainly could not have been more hostile.

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Sun Acquisitions Announces the Sale of a Profitable Residential Landscaping Business

Sun Acquisitions

Sun Acquisitions is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a profitable residential landscaping business, American Lawn & Landscape Co. The business is based in the Greater Chicago area. The business provides home landscaping services to residential customers. These services include: landscape installations, snow removal, lawn mowing and maintenance, weed control, and many more.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Rejects Motion To Stay SPAC Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Suit Pending Parallel Federal Securities Action

Shearman & Sterling

On March 7, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to stay a putative class action brought by legacy stockholders of DiamondPeak Holding Corp., a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC"), alleging that its directors and controlling stockholders breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the SPAC's acquisition of Lordstown Motors Corp. ("Legacy LMC").

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Periculum Completes Senior Debt Placement for Morgan Foods, Inc.

Periculum Capital

Periculum Capital Company, LLC (“Periculum”) is pleased to announce it has completed a senior debt placement for Morgan Foods, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary American Soy Products, Inc. (“Morgan” or the “Company”). The debt placement, structured as a working capital revolver and term loan, allowed the Company to refinance its existing debt and fund future growth.

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Solganick & Co. was named a Top Software M&A Advisor by Axial

Solganick & Co.

March 11, 2022 – Solganick & Co. has been named by Axial as a top software M&A advisory firm. Following a record-setting 2021 for lower middle market software M&A, the Software Top 50 highlights the most active software-focused dealmakers on the Axial platform. “Public market software company valuations have been battered starting in November of 2021.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

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.

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2021 The Year in Review

TM Capital

TM Capital’s 2021 was the best year in our history. The following is a recap of the remarkable year just completed. TM Capital’s 2021 Year in Review The post 2021 The Year in Review appeared first on TM Capital. Success. Realized.

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Key considerations to stay ahead of ESG trends

Deal Law Wire

ESG continues to be a key driver in corporate decision making. According to the Global M&A Dealmakers 2022 North American M&A Outlook report, prepared in association with Mergermarket, “73% of North American dealmakers feel that ESG scrutiny will increase over the next three years.” But what will that scrutiny look like in a practical sense?

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Season 1 of M&A Unplugged Coming to an End

Sun Acquisitions

M&A Unplugged Season 1 is coming to an end. Season 2 will be back soon. The post Season 1 of M&A Unplugged Coming to an End appeared first on Sun Acquisitions | Chicago Business Broker and M&A Firm.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Excuse Purchaser's Obligation To Complete Acquisition Of Its Franchisee's Yoga Studios

Shearman & Sterling

On March 1, 2022, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of plaintiff Level 4 Yoga, LLC in a breach of contract action against CorePower Yoga, LLC and CorePower Yoga Franchising, LLC (together, "defendant"), stemming from the parties' pre-COVID agreement for defendant to acquire plaintiff's yoga studios.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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Periculum Advises Select Home Health Services, Inc. in its Sale to Fortis Home Health and Hospice, LLC.

Periculum Capital

Periculum Capital Company, LLC (“Periculum”) is pleased to announce it has advised Select Home Health Services, Inc. (“SHHS” “Company”), a leading home healthcare service provider, in its sale to Fortis Home Health and Hospice, LLC (“Fortis”), a portfolio company of Grant Avenue Capital, LLC (“Grant Avenue”). Periculum helped SHHS find an ideal financial partner within an expedited timeline while exceeding stakeholders’ transaction expectations.

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The Best Enhancements for Integration Success

M&A Leadership Council

Two M&A Integration Training Courses You Need to Attend. By Mark Herndon, Chairman and CEO of the M&A Leadership Council . In 2021 we began offering two outstanding online trainings, The Art of M&A® Integration Strategy and Change Management and The Art of M&A® Executing Integration for Maximum Results. We get this question often, "You have two integration courses; which one do I need?

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Steve Hunter discusses the trends and forces defining private equity M&A in 2022

TM Capital

In BDO’s latest PErspectives podcast, Steve Hunter, Managing Director at TM Capital, and others discuss the shifting lifecycle, inflation, deal disruptors, workforce challenges and ESG — the trends and forces defining private equity M&A in 2022. BDO Private Equity PErspectives Podcast The post Steve Hunter discusses the trends and forces defining private equity M&A in 2022 appeared first on TM Capital.

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Corp Fin issues new M&A-related CDIs

Cooley M&A

Last week, the SEC issued a number of new CDIs related primarily to M&A transactions, including Forms 8-K, communications under Rule 14a-12, and, in the context of de-SPAC transactions, the Rule 14e-5 prohibition of purchases outside of a tender offer. To learn more about these updates, please see the recent post on Cooley PubCo.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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.

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Judicial Review – Overview, Cases and Limitations

Law Essentials

This blog is written by Richin Elias Jacob, a Year IV BBA-LLB (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds That Company And Its Directors Did Not Breach Bylaws Or Fiduciary Duties In Rejecting Director Nomination Notice

Shearman & Sterling

On February 14, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery entered judgment in favor of Lee Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") and its directors following an expedited trial on claims for breach of the Company's bylaws and the directors' fiduciary duties. Strategic Investment Opportunities LLC v. Lee Enterprises, Inc., C.A.

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Exiting in 3-5 Years? Consider This Advice from Rentokil’s John Myers

PCO M&A Specialists

If you’re a pest control company owner who’s looking to exit in the next several years, we have some advice for you. On a recent episode of the PMP Industry Insiders podcast , Dan Gordon, managing member of PCO M&A Specialists, asked John Myers the following question. “If I want to sell my pest control business in three to five years, what steps can I take to make my company more valuable or desirable?

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Will the Russia-Ukraine conflict trigger a global recession?

Barkclays

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has far-reaching implications for markets and economies. Our Research analysts debate whether a global recession is among them. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has far-reaching implications for markets and economies. Our Research analysts debate whether a global recession is among them.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.

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A NOTATION ON THE BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM IN INDIA

Law Essentials

This blog is written by Megha Mahesh, 4th year student of School of Excellence within Law, Chennai.

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ESG and M&A: Vetting a Target’s ESG Strengths and Weaknesses to Assess Value, Go-Forward Risks and Disclosure Requirements

Cooley M&A

The corporate sector’s approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – or “ESG” (the shorthand by which they are commonly referred) – has risen in prominence in recent years as investors have become increasingly socially conscious. It’s clear that what was once just an industry buzzword is here to stay, and companies must do more than pay lip service to ESG issues to satisfy critical investors.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Rejects Motion To Stay SPAC Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Suit Pending Parallel Federal Securities Action

Shearman & Sterling

On March 7, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to stay a putative class action brought by legacy stockholders of DiamondPeak Holding Corp., a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC"), alleging that its directors and controlling stockholders breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the SPAC's acquisition of Lordstown Motors Corp. ("Legacy LMC").

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Delaware (Again!) Requires Upward Adjustment to Deal Price in Appraisal Proceeding Despite Objectively Fair Sales Process

Cooley M&A

A recent Court of Chancery decision adds yet another wrinkle to the appraisal landscape and the potential for appraisal arbitrage. In BCIM Strategic Value Master Fund LP v. HFF, Inc. (Del. Ch. Feb. 2, 2022), the court found that—despite a sufficiently robust sales process that supported ascribing heavy weight to the signing price as a reliable indicator of fair value—the fair value of the target’s shares at closing exceeded the deal price.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

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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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Excuse Purchaser's Obligation To Complete Acquisition Of Its Franchisee's Yoga Studios

Shearman & Sterling

On March 1, 2022, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of plaintiff Level 4 Yoga, LLC in a breach of contract action against CorePower Yoga, LLC and CorePower Yoga Franchising, LLC (together, "defendant"), stemming from the parties' pre-COVID agreement for defendant to acquire plaintiff's yoga studios.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds That Company And Its Directors Did Not Breach Bylaws Or Fiduciary Duties In Rejecting Director Nomination Notice

Shearman & Sterling

On February 14, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery entered judgment in favor of Lee Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") and its directors following an expedited trial on claims for breach of the Company's bylaws and the directors' fiduciary duties. Strategic Investment Opportunities LLC v. Lee Enterprises, Inc., C.A.

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CYBER DEFAMATION REGARDING TORTS LAW

Law Essentials

This blog is written by Anshika Bhadauria a 1st year student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida.

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