Deal Lawyers

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Last week, the SEC announced settled enforcement proceedings against Cantor Fitzgerald for its alleged role in causing two SPACs that it controlled to make misleading statements to investors about the status of their discussions with potential acquisition targets ahead of their initial public offerings (IPOs).

Negotiation

JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 5, 2025

In mergers and acquisitions, IPO planning, and corporate restructurings, tax professionals were often brought in late in the process to "clean up" or validate decisions already made by legal, finance, or operational teams.

Mergers and Acquisitions

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 1, 2025

Exclusive: Company headed by Denise Coates holds talks with Wall Street banks about full or partial sale of assets The billionaire Coates family behind Bet365 are weighing up a sale of their online gambling empire that could value the business at 9bn, the Guardian has learned.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 14, 2025

Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer. It even includes elements of healthcare , industrials , and oil & gas investment banking.

Investment Banking

JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 27, 2024

capital markets’ resilience and ability to adapt, IPOs, debt markets and mergers and acquisitions (and related financings) have shown substantial increases over 2023. As a testament to the U.S.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 23, 2024

As they go through their initial public offering (IPO) and the subsequent merger & acquisition (M&A) process, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) face many regulatory, legal, and business hurdles. Obtaining the appropriate amount and type of insurance for each stage of their life cycle is one of them.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and de-SPAC transactions.[1] Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and de-SPAC transactions.[1]

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 24, 2023

As they go through their initial public offering (IPO) and the subsequent merger & acquisition (M&A) process, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) face many regulatory, legal, and business hurdles. Obtaining the appropriate amount and type of insurance for each stage of their life cycle is one of them.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for SPACs and so-called “de-SPAC” transactions involving target companies who enter into a business combination with SPACs.

Initial Public Offering

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

APRIL 11, 2024

GMGI and MeridianBet merger praised by IPO Edge, poised to reshape global gaming with innovation and strategic growth.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 27, 2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights. By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On January 24, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) to enhance disclosure and investor protection in initial public offerings (“IPOs”) by special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and in business combination transactions involving shell companies, such as SPACs, and private operating companies (..)

Initial Public Offering

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 16, 2024

There have been 44 initial public offerings (IPOs) listed on the US stock markets in 2024 thus far, many of which continue to trade at a premium to their initial offering price, demonstrating the strength and buoyancy of current public markets.

Initial Public Offering

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Overall, in 2023, initial public offering (IPO) activity and. Whilst M&A in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) remained resilient in the first half of 2023, deal activity fell in the second half of the year. By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

JANUARY 4, 2024

Some investors are more optimistic about M&A in 2024, while others think we will see a rebound in the IPO market. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cautious deployment of M&A war chests while concerns relating to IPO and equity market trading buoyancy continue. Current market: Fewer M&A deals as Europe's FMI tectonic plates digest acquisitions of yesteryear. By: White & Case LLP

Trading

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 25, 2024

On January 24, 2024, nearly two years after the SEC initially proposed industry-chilling rules overhauling the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) in their IPOs and de-SPAC transactions, the SEC adopted final rules. By: Paul Hastings LLP

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs have pivoted to acquisitions and partnerships to fuel growth. By: White & Case LLP

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The SEC alleged that the company failed to disclose preliminary de-SPAC negotiations with a target company in its IPO prospectus and falsely disclosed that it had not identified any potential targets or engaged in substantive discussions.

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and guidance affecting initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and business combinations between SPACs and private company targets (“de-SPAC transactions”). On January 24, 2024, the U.S.

Initial Public Offering

TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 31, 2023

Financial terms of the deal, which marks Stripe’s first acquisition since it bought card reader provider BBPOS in January of 2022, were not disclosed. Okay had seven employees prior to the acquisition. And Stripe, which has yet to go public via a long-awaited IPO, earlier this year raised $6.5 Sign up here.

Engineering

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday. shares, raising $4.87bn for Softbank.

IPO

JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 23, 2024

Initial public offerings (IPOs) and M&A exits are the two most common means of achieving liquidity in a private company. This article addresses an acquisition transaction, which requires preparation and oversight that many founders and managers need to learn as they go.

Initial Public Offering

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 31, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules governing initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and subsequent combinations between SPACs and target operating companies (“de-SPAC transactions”). On January 24, 2024, the U.S.

Initial Public Offering

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Important economic data could be delayed, as could regulators’ decisions on mergers and new public listings.

IPO

The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

billion of equity raised over the last five years, as well as ranking number one for UK IPOs under £1 billion market capitalisation by deal volume over the same time frame. In an increasingly volatile market, it has come as a minimal surprise to market onlookers that the number of sell-side firms seeing mergers as growth strategy has surged.

Investment Banking

Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

On November 24th, Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) brought together experts from across financial services to discuss current activity and prospects for special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”). According to Odeon Capital Group research, as of December 2, 2020, 210 SPAC IPOs had been completed representing gross proceeds of ~$72 billion.

IPO

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? But those companies have been public for more than 20 years.

IPO

TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 31, 2023

Given the dry IPO climate, we are bereft of new data regarding exit values, so this deal is like a fresh, cool breeze on a sultry summer afternoon. The deal is interesting because of its size, but we’re more interested in the insight it provides on the current state of the tech landscape as it pertains to valuations.

Sale

TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

million users to the platform, and comes as Upgrade weighs an IPO. The purchase of Uplift effectively doubles Upgrade’s customer base, adding 3.3 Laplanche previously said that Upgrade would aim for a public offering sometime in 2023, but it’s unclear whether the company’s still committed to that timeline.

Finance

The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders.

M&A

Cooley M&A

MARCH 22, 2023

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. Some reverse mergers involving a U.S.

Mergers

The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

SPAC activity continued to slow in the first half of 2022, a sharp decline from the number of deals and IPOs in the same period in 2021. In addition, only 69 SPAC IPOs were priced in the first half of 2022, compared to 362 SPAC IPOs priced in the first half of 2021. [1]. Key Points.

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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 Banks help businesses plan and strategize their IPO to ensure success. Investment Banks help businesses plan and strategize their IPO to ensure success.

Investment Banking

MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In a significant move to capitalize on the burgeoning Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) market, MergersCorp has announced the launch of specialized services tailored specifically for SPACs. This innovative approach has attracted substantial interest from investors, entrepreneurially minded companies, and financial institutions alike.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 5, 2024

In the dynamic world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), staying ahead of the curve is crucial for success. As a result, ESG criteria are being integrated into due diligence processes, investment evaluations, and post-merger integration strategies.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). SPAC vs. IPO. A distinct feature of SPAC 3.0

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