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Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

Cooley M&A

This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market.

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UK Corporate Briefing - August 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

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Guide to D&O Insurance for SPAC IPOs, 2024 Edition

JD Supra: Mergers

As they go through their initial public offering (IPO) and the subsequent merger & acquisition (M&A) process, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) face many regulatory, legal, and business hurdles. Obtaining the appropriate amount and type of insurance for each stage of their life cycle is one of them.

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Guide to D&O Insurance for SPAC IPOs, 2023 Edition

JD Supra: Mergers

As they go through their initial public offering (IPO) and the subsequent merger & acquisition (M&A) process, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) face many regulatory, legal, and business hurdles. Obtaining the appropriate amount and type of insurance for each stage of their life cycle is one of them.

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Grab acquires Singapore’s third-largest taxi operator Trans-cab 

TechCrunch: M&A

Consolidation via mergers and acquisitions is on the rise in the tech industry as tight private capital and a slow initial public offering market due to the economic downturn are impacted by growing inflations and high-interest rate headwinds.

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IPOs, Inflation Data and More Are at Risk in a Shutdown

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Important economic data could be delayed, as could regulators’ decisions on mergers and new public listings.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). Elimination of costs post-transaction: any cost that the target won’t incur under a new ownership, such as: key-person insurance, credit insurance, etc.

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