Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

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. Exiting an investment is an inherently uncertain process.

IPO

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although 2022 saw a general decline in M&A activity in the life sciences industry compared to 2021’s frenetic pace (when deal volume was up 52% from 2020 ), life sciences deal flow in 2022 on balance remained strong despite the headwinds. Let’s dig in. Let’s dig in.

M&A

MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SPACs are publicly traded companies that raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the primary aim of acquiring an existing private company, thereby enabling it to go public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

Mergers and Acquisitions

OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Written by a top OfficeHours Coach; Original article published on October 16, 2023 In today’s world, there is much uncertainty around public markets. However, for private equity investors, this uncertainty represents a unique opportunity to take advantage of investment opportunities in public markets.

Investors

Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment banking is a branch of banking that organizes and enables large, complex financial transactions for businesses, like mergers, IPOs or underwriting. 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 Banking

OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank.

Private Equity

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JANUARY 15, 2025

BurTech) (NASDAQ: BRKH), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, and Blaize, Inc. and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols BZAI and BZAIW on January 14, 2025. WASHINGTON and EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BurTech Acquisition Corp.

Underwriting

Cooley M&A

MARCH 2, 2021

A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company with no underlying operating business that seeks to merge with a target operating company. According to Nasdaq , in 2015, SPACs made up approximately 12% of the IPO market, but by 2020, that number had risen to approximately 53%. What is a SPAC. Why it matters.

Securities

Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In today’s economic climate, retention is everything: Software companies with Net Revenue Retention (NRR) rates above 120% are trading at a remarkable 63% premium over the market median. Because in a world where growth is uncertain, retaining and expanding existing customers is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Valuation

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

A series of blockbuster deals rallied the NASDAQ 100 Technology Index to trade more than 20% higher than 2019, and Q3 2020 recorded the highest global M&A deal value in the technology sector this decade. [2] M&A transactions have always been a balancing act of allocating burdens and risks. A Tale of Two Years.

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Tech M&A in 2022 was a tale of two halves. 2] Despite the downtrend, global tech M&A activity in 2022 remained strong relative to pre-pandemic levels and accounted for a record 20% of all global M&A activity. Deal volumes dropped from $531.13 billion [1] during the first half of 2022 to $189.17 trillion. [2]

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

General trends in life sciences M&A. While 2020’s M&A landscape was characterized by whiplash volatility from choppy deal activity in the first half of the year to a surge in volume in the second half, that momentum accelerated in 2021, with no signs of slowing down heading into 2022. driven assets.

M&A

MergersCorp M&A International

MAY 27, 2025

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), once hailed as the “blank check” path to public markets, have experienced a rollercoaster ride over the past few years. This acquisition, known as a “de-SPAC” transaction, effectively takes the private company public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

IPO