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What's Market: Financial Statement Reps

JD Supra: Mergers

According to the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies, financial statement representations are universally required from sellers in private company M&A deals, included in almost every transaction—99% covered by the most recent study in 2021.

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Revolutionizing M&A Due Diligence: How AI Tools Enhance Efficiency and Accuracy

JD Supra: Mergers

In the realm of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), due diligence is a critical phase where a buyer’s acquisition team assesses potential risks and opportunities before finalizing the terms of an agreement to purchase its target company. By: Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

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Best Practices for Due Diligence and Valuation in M&A

Sun Acquisitions

Due diligence and valuation are critical to any successful merger and acquisition (M&A) deal. Due Diligence: A Deep Dive Due diligence is a comprehensive investigation of a target company’s financial, operational, and legal aspects. Identify any potential financial risks or liabilities.

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M&A in the Digital Age: How Tech is Supercharging Dealmaking

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have always been a high-stakes game. From streamlining complex processes to uncovering hidden opportunities, tech supercharges M&A dealmaking across all stages. At the same time, AI can analyze contracts, financial statements, and other critical documents with superhuman speed and accuracy.

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M&A Blog #10 – equity (accretion / dilution)

Francine Way

Before we move on to the buy-side and sell-side process of M&A next week, I’d like to wrap up this week by discussing the other capital structure component / tool: equity. We care about equity in M&A because a successful transaction is one that creates value for equity holders.

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Intro to M&A Representations and Warranties

The M&A Lawyer

The primary transaction agreement in every M&A deal contains representations and warranties, colloquially referred to as “reps and warranties” or simply “reps,” from each party to the other. Walk rights.

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M&A Blog #15 – valuation (tools and data preparation)

Francine Way

To perform this analysis, the following are needed: Target’s financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow): Preferably audited historical statements, cleaned up and re-formatted in Excel properly (we will see an example of this in the next post).

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