Takeover Panel Consultation and New Practice Statements
JD Supra: Mergers
JULY 9, 2025
The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper on dual class share structures, IPOs and share buybacks. By: BCLP
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JD Supra: Mergers
JULY 9, 2025
The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper on dual class share structures, IPOs and share buybacks. By: BCLP
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 16, 2025
The firm downgraded CoreWeave to neutral from buy on Monday, but increased its price target to $185 per share from $76, which suggests shares could rise 26% from Friday's $147.19 " Shares of the AI cloud-computing firm have surged more than 37% so far in June and were about 4% higher on Monday.
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CNBC: Investing
JULY 8, 2025
Stifel's $115 per share price target calls for about 28% downside from Monday's $159.70 Mizuho's $150 per share target implies a slide of about 6%, while Citi's $160 forecast is roughly 0.1% Mizuho's $150 per share target implies a slide of about 6%, while Citi's $160 forecast is roughly 0.1%
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 9, 2025
Israel-based eToro went public on May 15 , with its initial public offering price at $52 per share, above the high end of its proposed range. The stock opened that day at $69.69, or 34% above its IPO, and closed up nearly 29% at $67 per share. Shares surged more than 5% on Monday to hit a fresh 52-week high.
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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.
Growth Business
OCTOBER 2, 2023
By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Fintech Thought Machine has said it is in the early stages of a London IPO – a move which it is hoped could spark life into the listings market. According to Pitchbook, there is now an estimated backlog of almost 80 IPO candidates in the US.
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 30, 2025
Lee's appointment comes amid a groundswell of interest around stablecoins following the successful IPO of stablecoin issuer Circle at the beginning of the month and positive momentum pushing potential stablecoin legislation through Congress.
MergersCorp M&A International
JULY 5, 2025
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. This “blank check” approach allows private companies to go public by merging with the SPAC, bypassing the traditional, often arduous and unpredictable, IPO process.
TechCrunch: M&A
JULY 31, 2023
Shares of the company, which went public back in 2014, are up around 13.5% 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. Monitoring service New Relic this morning said it has agreed to be acquired by Francisco Partners and TPG for $6.5
CNBC: Investing
MAY 9, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr will reportedly price its initial public offer at $21 a share Thursday.
TechCrunch: M&A
MAY 31, 2023
The co-founders declined to share if all seven employees would be joining Stripe. While Okay would not share any recent revenue metrics, the company told TechCrunch in February of 2022 that it had seen both its revenue and customer base grow around 10 times, including adding on customers such as Sourcegraph and mParticle.
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 16, 2025
The firm reiterated an overweight rating on the fashion holding company stock, alongside a $104 per share price target. Shares have advanced nearly 21% in 2025. JPMorgan's forecast calls for about 32% upside from Friday's $78.91
Deal Lawyers
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Here’s a post I recently shared on TheCorporateCounsel.net blog: The Goodwin team that represented the issuer in the first IPO by a traditional venture-backed technology company in more than 18 months recently wrote an alert explaining why the company’s high vote/low vote capitalization structure — which is very common in venture-backed technology (..)
PE Hub
OCTOBER 5, 2023
A look at L Catterton-backed Birkenstock’s expected debut next week; a team-up by General Atlantic and Carmignac; and Cambridge Associates shares insights co-investments. The post L Catterton-backed Birkenstock to IPO next week; General Atlantic and Carmignac make secondaries play appeared first on PE Hub.
Global Banking & Finance
MAY 31, 2023
WE Soda to sell at least $800 million shares in rare London IPO By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) – WE Soda, the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash, is looking to raise at least $800 million for its parent Ciner Group in an initial public offering (IPO), its chief strategy officer told Reuters, […]
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 14, 2025
Goldman also raised its price target to $195 per share from $156. bil in annual revenue over the next few years," Mastec share are up 19% this year. bil in annual revenue over the next few years," Mastec share are up 19% this year. Valvoline also has limited exposure to higher tariffs, Jordan added.
Deal Lawyers
JANUARY 25, 2024
As Dave shared yesterday on TheCorporateCounsel.net, on Wednesday, the SEC, by a 3-to-2 vote, adopted final rules to address its concerns with SPACs. At […]
Deal Lawyers
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
During the ABA Business Law Section’s “Dialogue with the Director” held on Friday, Corp Fin Director Erik Gerding noted that Corp Fin staff has noticed a slight uptick in SPAC IPOs and shared some helpful thoughts on the disclosure review process now that the SPAC disclosure rules are effective.
Global Banking & Finance
AUGUST 23, 2023
Analysis-Arm’s clients turn IPO into tug of war for chip influence By Milana Vinn, Anirban Sen and Stephen Nellis NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A scramble among Arm Holdings Ltd’s clients, comprising the world’s biggest technology companies, to snap up shares in its initial public offering (IPO) is testing the semiconductor (..)
The Harvard Law School Forum
OCTOBER 19, 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. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.
CNBC: Investing
JULY 8, 2025
"We are upgrading PNC shares from Market Perform to Outperform, increasing our EPS estimates following recent commentary at an investor conference, and establishing a $220 price target. " Wells Fargo reiterates Alphabet as equal weight Wells raised its price target on Alphabet to $177 per share from $175.
Global Banking & Finance
MARCH 12, 2024
Arm’s shares rise as Wall Street eyes IPO lock-up expiration By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Shares of Arm Holdings, the British chip designer backed by Softbank Group, gained 2.1% to $129.50
Global Banking & Finance
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Britain to promote share ownership in bid to encourage London IPOs By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans further measures to encourage people to buy shares in an effort to boost economic growth and help convince companies to list in London rather than the United States.
Cooley M&A
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The bankers on the panel shared the belief that the quality of SPAC sponsors has increased as private equity firms, successful dealmakers and well-regarded VC investors launching their own SPACs. According to Odeon Capital Group research, as of December 2, 2020, 210 SPAC IPOs had been completed representing gross proceeds of ~$72 billion.
TechCrunch: M&A
JULY 27, 2023
Meanwhile, publicly traded BNPL companies like Affirm and Australia’s Zip have seen their share prices plummet; Affirm was recently forced to shut down its crypto unit and lay off 19% of its staff. million users to the platform, and comes as Upgrade weighs an IPO. billion to just $6.7
Global Banking & Finance
DECEMBER 1, 2024
to $10.09) per share for its initial public offering, two people familiar with the matter said. By Miho Uranaka and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -Bain Capital-backed chipmaker Kioxia has set a tentative price range of 1,390 to 1,520 yen ($9.22 They spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of Kioxia’s regulatory filing expected on Monday.
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.
Global Banking & Finance
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The offer will consist of new shares and the sale of existing shares by current shareholders. GDANSK (Reuters) -Croatian food retailer Studenac is planning an initial public offering with plans to list on the stock exchanges of Warsaw and Zagreb, the company said on Thursday.
OfficeHours
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO). An IPO involves offering shares of a privately held company to the public in a new stock issuance.
Global Banking & Finance
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
(Reuters) – Spanish energy and water utility Cox said on Tuesday it intended to raise as much as 222 million euros ($242 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Madrid stock market that would value it at up to $1.02 The company plans to price the newly issued shares within a range […]
Global Banking & Finance
JUNE 11, 2024
Golden Goose targets $2 billion market cap in Milan IPO MILAN (Reuters) – Golden Goose is aiming for a market capitalization of up to 1.86 The company set the price range for the share […] billion euros ($2 billion) in its initial public offering on the Milan bourse, the Italian luxury sneaker maker said on Tuesday.
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 16, 2025
" CELH 1D mountain Celsius Holdings, over one day Celsius shares have surged this year, rallying more than 56%. 21, Celsius shares popped 25% on strong quarterly earnings results, as well as on acquiring health and wellness company Alani Nu. "But the favorable price paid reduces the risk."
Global Banking & Finance
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A revival in corporate debt issuance, initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers has bolstered profits for Wall Street banks this […]
TechCrunch: M&A
MAY 8, 2023
Second, while financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed by the two companies, but we have confirmed other details with Go1’s co-CEO and founder Andrew Barnes: the acquisition is a mix of cash and shares.
CNBC: Investing
JULY 1, 2025
Omada went public in early June, pricing its IPO at $19 per share. Since then, however, shares are down slightly. Looking ahead, Roman is optimistic that Omada's partnerships with weight management program EncircleRx and CVS, along with its GLP-1 program, could drive higher revenue growth.
Global Banking & Finance
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
(Reuters) -Payments firm Klarna began the process of going public for a second time in three years despite a sharp drop in its valuation, making it the largest Swedish company to float its shares in the U.S. since Spotify’s listing in 2018. The buy now, pay later (BNPL) company said on Tuesday it had confidentially […]
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.
Global Banking & Finance
DECEMBER 16, 2024
By Julie Zhu and Anousha Sakoui HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -Fast fashion retailer Shein is considering asking UK regulators to waive listing rules that require at least 10% of its shares to be sold to the public in its planned London flotation, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is exploring this option […]
CNBC: Investing
JUNE 16, 2025
The firm upgraded the digital communications stock to buy from hold in a Sunday note, and increased its price target to $73 per share from $65, suggesting shares will rise 14% from Friday's $64.09 Shares have advanced about 11% so far in 2025. CSCO YTD mountain Cisco Systems stock in 2025.
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
How2Exit
APRIL 8, 2024
rn As the discussion progresses, Wells shares his reflections on being the CEO of a public company post-IPO, the unexpected realities, and the learning curve that has come with the territory. rn rn rn Going public as a company involves facing market dynamics and investor behaviors that may not align with pre-IPO expectations.
Global Newswire by Notified: M&A
AUGUST 23, 2023
Jaguar Global Shareholders Approve Extension of Deadline to Complete Initial Business Combination, with 44% of IPO Shares Still Outstanding Announce.
OfficeHours
JUNE 6, 2023
Going public through an IPO is one of the most well-known and potentially lucrative exit strategies for private equity firms. By listing the portfolio company on a public stock exchange, the private equity firm can sell its shares to the public and generate substantial returns.
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