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

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.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JANUARY 13, 2024

M&A is expected to rise in 2024, but we won't likely see a lot of consolidation among startups that wouldn't make it on their own. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 25, 2024

In this special edition of Bennett Jones' quarterly M&A update, we look at deal activity and the investment climate in Canada with a focus on the Québec market.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 11, 2024

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts.

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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

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

APRIL 8, 2024

The National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice announced a new self-disclosure policy on March 7, 2024 (M&A Policy) that impacts corporations, private equity firms, and venture capital firms and their merger and acquisition activities. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 29, 2024

After a sluggish 2023 in which global merger and acquisition activity fell almost 20% to $2.87 trillion – the lowest level since 2013 – the question in the corporate world, is: ‘Will M&A roar back in 2024?’. By: Adams and Reese LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions create stress, opportunity and risk both for the organization and the compliance team. They stress that the compliance team needs to be involved during the entire lifecycle, from target identification to due diligence to post-acquisition.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 18, 2024

Put simply, due diligence is the process of meticulously examining every nook and cranny of a target company’s operations, finances, and legal standing to ensure that a merger or acquisition is a smart business move. Due diligence may not be glamorous, but it is the bedrock of a successful deal. By: Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 12, 2024

M&A dealmakers have been on a wild ride: from the pandemic-fueled rout in 2020 to 2021’s record-breaking recovery to a steep decline in 2023, the global M&A market has offered a masterclass in volatility. By: Morgan Lewis

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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. It is a Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor policy that encourages companies to self-disclose criminal misconduct discovered by an acquiring company during the acquisition of a target company. By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 19, 2024

(the company) and its board of directors (the board) that the board had violated, among other things, Section 251(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) by approving an incomplete merger agreement in connection with the company’s acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft). By: Troutman Pepper

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

In mergers and acquisitions, both the seller and the buyer may need to include employment-related provisions in the M&A documentation. We have gathered together the most frequent and significant employment provisions for these types of transactions. By: Ius Laboris

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

The mergers & acquisitions market may wax and wane, but one thing in M&A is consistent from year to year: The Delaware courts issue opinions that impact M&A dealmaking. And this year is certainly no exception – Delaware courts continue to have plenty to say about M&A.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 17, 2024

Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly announced the issuance of the final version of new Merger Guidelines, after publishing a draft in July 2023. We previously reported on the more significant changes found in the draft Merger Guidelines. By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Department of Justice announced for the first time a new safe harbor policy that will apply to mergers and acquisitions in cases where an acquiring company with an effective compliance program uncovers misconduct during the M&A process and discloses it in a timely manner. By: NAVEX

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Observations from Two of SoCal’s Leading Transaction Attorneys- What can buyers and sellers expect from the M&A market in 2024? Procopio Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Joint Ventures leaders Paul Johnson and Jason Femrite break it down in this Q&A interview. By: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

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

JUNE 19, 2024

Many acquisitions, especially privatisations, are structured as a statutory merger, and in this article, we provide a brief overview of Cayman Islands (“Cayman”) mergers and consolidations and the general requirements for each under Cayman law. By: Conyers

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases.

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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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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. Visit Echo Eight for more information.

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MAY 3, 2024

UNITED STATES - New Merger Guidelines Deployed - The 2023 Merger Guidelines are a non-binding statement that provides clarity on aspects of federal agencies’ deliberations and enforcement practices undertaken in individual merger cases under the antitrust laws.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 24, 2023

The agencies published new “Merger Guidelines” that identify the competition concerns they are targeting, and the analytical framework they will use when reviewing M&A transactions under the antitrust laws.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 2, 2024

Dealmaking in the life sciences sector comes with characteristics not typically seen in more traditional mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Deals often involve negotiating around complexities associated with both the unique nature of assets of life sciences companies and the unique industry ecosystem that brings these assets to life.

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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

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

JANUARY 22, 2024

Merger review has become an ever more critical path to successful M&A completion, as enforcement agencies, including the European Commission (EC), apply closer scrutiny to potential anti-competitive effects of M&A deals. By: Cooley LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been common in the U.S. Within the subset of M&A that are acquisitions, buyers are bifurcated into two primary categories defined by the motivation for the acquisition: financial versus strategic.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2023

On October 4, 2023, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is adopting a new Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy, incentivizing companies to voluntarily disclose misconduct identified during the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process.

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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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Benchmark International

MAY 20, 2024

In any merger or acquisition, the buyer and seller anticipate synergy will be crucial. Synergy in M&A can manifest in several forms, but cost synergy is one of these critical areas. It is essential to note that cost synergy is not the same as revenue or financial synergy. We will delve into those topics in upcoming articles.

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Align Business Advisory Services

MAY 14, 2024

Whether you’re a business owner exploring growth opportunities or simply curious about the world of corporate transactions, our mergers and acquisitions (M&A) FAQ covers the essentials. Dive in to gain a deeper understanding of how M&A plays a pivotal role in shaping industries and driving business growth.

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