OfficeHours

JUNE 5, 2023

The paper LBO is one of the most commonly used and intimidating interview techniques for private equity. Many candidates dread the paper LBO, but simply put, it is one of the most definitive “weeder” techniques used by many private equity firms and investment banking to lower the applicant pool.

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Private Equity Valuation Equities Debt 147

Successful Acquisitions

JUNE 27, 2023

The past 18 months have marked the slowest initial public offering market since the financial crisis of 2008. There are many reasons many American companies are so hesitant to go public. Some have gotten capital from other sources like private equity, family offices, unsecured lending sources, or even friends and family.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Airbnb initially bootstrapped their venture, but as their idea gained traction, they attracted funding from Y Combinator, a renowned startup accelerator, marking their official entry into the world of venture capital. Private equity firms can step in, providing the needed capital and expertise to restructure and revamp the business.

Business 52

Business Finance Finance Private Equity 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

To that end, many top activists stay close to private equity firms (or even activist buyout funds) to assess targets ripe for an M&A campaign. Software companies Citrix, Zendesk and Anaplan each being sold to private equity sponsors after activist campaigns in 2022.

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Private Equity M&A Capital Investors 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Complex and novel transaction structures for the sector also were a prominent result of the market and regulatory environment, with reverse mergers remaining a fixture and stock-for-stock deals and take-private transactions led by private equity sponsors entering the scene. billion.

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Cooley M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

While the ruling has broad implications for many current arrangements (particularly stockholder agreements for public companies), it did provide a path forward, noting that many of these provisions would have been valid if included the corporation’s certificate of incorporation instead of the stockholder agreement.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers Corporation 52

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. As always, ambiguity begets litigation. Teddy Nimetz. [1] Dual-class companies that emerged in other contexts (e.g.,

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