JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 29, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are pivotal moments in a company’s lifecycle, offering pathways to strategic growth and market expansion. Success is dependent on managing M&A activities effectively, focusing on growth objectives and the critical role of legal due diligence. By: Mandelbaum Barrett PC

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MARCH 22, 2024

While the 2022 M&A market was buoyed by deal carryover from 2021 and more conducive market conditions in the first half of the year, the 2023 M&A market felt the impact of the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive interest rate hikes in more than 25 years. By: WilmerHale

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 17, 2024

Tom Matthews (TM): We are seeing a renewed focus on M&A-related activism campaigns. A Diligent interview with Tom Matthews, Sonica Tolani and Alex Woodfield, partners, White & Case. Are any specific demands being more frequently adopted in activist campaigns involving UK companies?

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Midaxo

AUGUST 2, 2023

The most recent Transaction Advisors Institute (TAI) M&A conference was held at the University of Chicago in late June and covered topics ranging from current challenges impacting complex transactions to innovative methods to improve deal performance. Key M&A Takeaways for Q2 2023 1.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 12, 2024

In many public company M&A deals, the shareholders of the target or acquired company will file a lawsuit challenging the deal, generally alleging that the board violated its fiduciary duties or the law by selling the company for a below-market price.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 29, 2024

A recent bout of M&A transactions involving chapter 11 cases point in the same direction. Taking deals involving bankruptcy cases as a proxy for distressed M&A, 16 such transactions were announced in the US in Q1, up 14.3 percent year on year, according to Dealogic. percent year on year, according to Dealogic.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 28, 2024

Latham hosted our second Public M&A Day in Frankfurt, bringing together senior executives and Latham partners to discuss opportunities in the current public M&A sector.

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Deal Lawyers

JULY 17, 2024

My colleague Lawrence Heim shared with me a new KPMG study on global ESG due diligence practices in M&A transactions. The study finds that despite a challenging deal environment and ‘ESG backlash’ in the US, ESG issues are increasingly important in M&A transactions.

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TechCrunch: M&A

DECEMBER 25, 2023

It was a slow year in enterprise technology M&A, and the total was the second lowest since we started compiling the data in 2018. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 18, 2023

Tech valuations fell through the second half 2022 and M&A in the sector shifted gears producing a rise in lower-value deals, particularly among private equity (PE) firms.

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Midaxo

APRIL 23, 2024

Building a successful M&A pipeline is challenging. During our recent webinar, “ 4 Steps to Build a Winning M&A Pipeline ,” we discussed the four characteristics that stood out. A second class of tools for pipeline management ensures that M&A teams bring discipline and control to their sourcing process. We asked them.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 27, 2024

The decision highlights the importance of properly structuring M&A, earn-out, and royalty-based transactions to ensure creditors receive the benefit of their bargain — even (or especially) if their counterparty later encounters financial distress. Deal structure matters, particularly in bankruptcy.

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How2Exit

MAY 20, 2024

b' E212: Unveiling the Secrets of Main Street M&A: Insider Tips from M&A Veteran Carl Allen - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Carl Allen is a seasoned mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professional with over 30 years of experience. He actively invests in and funds student deals through his private equity fund.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 17, 2024

In navigating the complex world of private company mergers and acquisitions (M&A), understanding recent legal decisions is paramount. From governance disputes to acquisition agreement nuances, each case discussed sheds light on pivotal aspects of M&A transactions. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2023—from advising SoftBank on two acquisitions of public companies in the robotics space, to partnering with sustainable food chain investing firm Paine Schwartz Partners and Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) on SNFL’s combination with International (..)

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JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Morrison Foerster is pleased to share with our clients and friends the results of our 2023 Tech M&A Survey, published in conjunction with Mergermarket. Mergermarket surveyed 300 dealmakers from around the world in order to gain valuable insights into the future of technology-related M&A. By: MoFo Tech

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top There seems to be a much more positive outlook when discussing the potential for M&A activity in 2024, and that includes the potential for deals across the pond. The survey showed that 88% of UK corporates have a positive outlook for M&A activity in 2024, and they’re.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Despite the ongoing political instability, Bulgaria has seen a recovery in M&A activity and offers significant opportunities to investors. By: Ius Laboris

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 7, 2024

Our Securities Litigation Group reviews a recent ruling from the Seventh Circuit that could make it more difficult for shareholders to bring M&A disclosure claims. By: Alston & Bird

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Midaxo

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Inorganic growth through M&A and corporate development has become an integral strategy for companies seeking innovation and competitive advantage. The Evolution of M&A Playbooks A playbook is essentially a roadmap for the M&A process. M&A is not just a series of transactions. It’s a learning journey.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 24, 2024

While representation and warranty (R&W) insurance continues to be used across a broad range of M&A transactions, its use has cooled as dealmakers navigate challenging market conditions. By: Cooley LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In this podcast, Sergio Leal, who until recently was head of M&A compliance at Ericsson along with Jan Sprafke, the company’s chief compliance officer, share their advice for compliance professionals in the midst of a transaction.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 12, 2024

Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening demand, which have dampened growth in Western economies. By: White & Case LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Welcome to our year-end edition of M&A Insights, where we preview some of the themes we expect to shape deal-making over the next 12 months. Continued volatility in the debt markets has resulted in another subdued year for M&A, with global deal value and volume down 33% and 18% respectively compared with 2022.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 4, 2024

M&A activity in 2023 was subdued, as dealmakers grappled with geopolitical tensions, inflation, rising interest rates, and increasing regulatory scrutiny, against a backdrop of general economic uncertainty. Challenges in the U.S. banking sector in the early part of the year also took their toll. By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The new mandatory suspensory M&A notification obligation – up and running since October – has significantly increased the regulatory burden for deals with an EU nexus. It aims to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to ensure that they do not distort competition in the EU internal market. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 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.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 11, 2024

As we all know, M&A activity in 2023 was down compared to 2022. In the first nine months of 2023, global deal volumes declined 29% (year on year) and in Q3 2023 we saw the worst performance from an M&A perspective in 11 years, with only 6,730 transactions, worth US$719bn in aggregate. By: Hogan Lovells

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 15, 2024

defense contractors, and entities interested in acquiring these contractors, should prepare for increased regulatory scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Congress is signaling that it will push for more oversight of M&A activities that specifically involve and affect the defense industrial base (DIB).

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

2023 was a fairly gloomy year for global M&A activity and the insurance sector did not emerge unscathed, recording its lowest deals count since 20201.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 31, 2024

Navigating the acquisition of any company which makes substantial use of artificial intelligence (AI) requires a nuanced understanding of both its technological intricacies and legal complexities.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 8, 2024

Delaware courts recently issued important decisions that impact M&A dealmakers and lawyers. In this post, we dive into two cases that serve as a reminder that Delaware grounds review of corporate actions in statutory requirements and not market practice, no matter how prevalent.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 8, 2024

In October 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy regarding M&A. We continue our review of DOJ initiatives from 2023 and what they may portend for the compliance professional in 2024 and beyond. By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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Midaxo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That is especially true for organizations working in corporate development and M&A, where preventing unauthorized user access and protecting the confidentiality of data is paramount. Studies confirm that cloud-based M&A platforms are more secure and better able to respond to security challenges than generic, standalone tools.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 16, 2024

Supreme Court, weighing in on shareholder and M&A litigation issues. 2023 was a busy year, with both the Delaware courts and others, including the U.S.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 1, 2024

While no one has a crystal ball, and no in-house counsel can correctly predict every future dispute, examining litigation trends and data can help companies and their legal departments identify and avoid many risks when engaging in M&A transactions or regulatory compliance activities. Litigation rarely occurs in a vacuum.

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

There is a wealth of dry powder to spend but 2023 has seen M&A deal activity hampered by rising costs of debt, unstable markets, supply chain issues, general political uncertainty, and fear of global recession. So, what does 2024 have in store for European M&A? By: Proskauer Rose LLP

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