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Synthetic W&I Insurance: Broadening Warranty Protection in M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

Warranty & indemnity ("W&I") insurance is playing an increasingly important role in M&A transactions.

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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

That said, Andrew Ferguson, Trumps proposed chair of the FTC, is self-proclaimed to be pro-business, promising to [s]top Lina Khans war on mergers as [m]ost mergers benefit Americans and promote the movement of the capital that fuels innovation.

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Closing with Confidence: Representations and Warranties Insurance in M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

Representations and warranties insurance (RWI) has become an increasingly common feature in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, serving as a risk management tool for both buyers and sellers. By: DarrowEverett LLP

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How To: M&A Deal Baskets and Reps & Warranties Insurance

JD Supra: Mergers

Negotiating a basket mechanism into your merger or acquisition agreement? One of the questions it pays to ask (and answer) early on is how that basket mechanism will function with the retention amount you will be negotiating into your representations and warranties insurance (RWI) policy. By: Woodruff Sawyer

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Tax Liability Insurance - M&A and Beyond

JD Supra: Mergers

Rather than considering an adjustment to the purchase consideration, negotiating an indemnity/escrow, self-insuring the risk. By: Ankura

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Key Takeaways: 2023 ABA Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study

JD Supra: Mergers

The Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study (“the Study”) is published on a bi-annual basis by the Market Trends Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s M&A Committee, which I am happy to serve on. By: Goulston & Storrs PC

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Insurers Owe Coverage for Settlement Despite Bump-Up Provision

JD Supra: Mergers

On December 4, 2019, the insured media company merged with another media company. Stockholders brought several lawsuits challenging the merger and asserted claims for breach of fiduciary duty against the insured’s directors, officers, and controlling stockholders for their roles in negotiating and. By: Wiley Rein LLP

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