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SPACs: A Path to Public Markets That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

MergersCorp M&A International

Yet, to dismiss them entirely would be to overlook their undeniable, and often unsung, benefits in democratizing access to public markets and fostering innovation. At their core, SPACs are shell corporations formed to raise capital via an initial public offering (IPO) with the sole purpose of acquiring an existing private company.

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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. billion, while AbbVie secured Aliada Therapeutics with its Alzheimers drug candidate for $1.4

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Why Aren’t More Tire Dealerships Going Public?

Focus Investment Banking

The benefits of going public are significant. First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. It turns out that there are fewer public companies of all types across all industries.

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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. Here’s more detail into the services that investment banks provide to businesses. How do they do this?

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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. This concern multiplies as the rise of retail investing communities continue to increase both market volatility and public scrutiny.

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Dual-Track Processes: How to Turbocharge Your Exit

Cooley M&A

In the face of a global economic slowdown, ongoing trade wars, Brexit, heightened market volatility and other sources of uncertainty, it is becoming increasingly important to consider how deals can be run to maximize transaction certainty and achieve optimal valuation. Having the necessary infrastructure is also key. What’s the time frame?

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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. Voting agreements in public M&A transactions. Vote-down termination fee (i.e., a ’naked no-vote fee’).

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