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“To the Moon”: The Rise of the Retail Investor and What this Means for Dealmakers

Deal Law Wire

These developments allow retail investors to create substantial trends and market fluctuations in the prices of securities, as well as being a relatively-newfound and rather robust source of capital. Private Companies. The author would like to thank Arron Chahal, Articling Student, for his significant contribution to this blog post.

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Investment Banking – Meaning, Functions and More

Razorpay

Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering. Investment Banks help businesses with valuations, deal negotiations, and more. How do they do this?

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Why Aren’t More Tire Dealerships Going Public?

Focus Investment Banking

I still recall the metric that was drilled into me back then: hit $50 million in revenue and a few back-to-back years of profitability and you, too, can go public. The benefits of going public are significant. It turns out that there are fewer public companies of all types across all industries. stock market.

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Capital Raise Blog Series - Vol 9 - Types of Capital (Senior Debt & Mezzanine Capital)

RKJ Partners

Most entrepreneurs are very familiar with senior debt offered by traditional banks. Senior debt is first in seniority and is often secured by collateral in the form of a lien. Senior debt is financing that has been loaned to a company for a pre-negotiated period of time with interest paid on the principal.

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Life Sciences Reverse Mergers Go Global: Is it the Path for Your Company?

Cooley M&A

With the US initial public offering markets continuing to remain largely closed, and special purpose acquisition company combinations being costly and complex, there’s a new kid in town for foreign companies looking to go public in the US: reverse mergers. securities laws for the share issuances. company.

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Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in.

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. Afford the acquirer certain notice and match rights if a topping bid does emerge.

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