article thumbnail

SPACs: A Path to Public Markets That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

MergersCorp M&A International

This “target” company is one that the sponsors believe has strong growth potential and would benefit from becoming publicly traded. A definitive agreement is signed, outlining the terms of the merger, the valuation of the target company, and the ownership structure of the combined entity.

IPO
article thumbnail

Best Practices for Due Diligence and Valuation in M&A

Sun Acquisitions

Due diligence and valuation are critical to any successful merger and acquisition (M&A) deal. Common Valuation Methods: Comparable Company Analysis: Compare the target company to similar publicly traded companies. Valuation: Determining the Fair Valu e Valuation is the process of determining a company’s fair market value.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Main Quests and Side Quests: Always focus on your main story quest, i.e., your portfolio of liquid, publicly traded assets, and ignore or deprioritize the side quests, such as becoming a mini-VC or investing in real estate. Market Timing: Almost every expert will tell you its impossible to time the market, but I partially disagree.

article thumbnail

Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

Sports Investment Banking Definition: In sports IB, bankers advise on equity and debt issuances, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring deals for sports teams and leagues, sports-adjacent technology and services firms, and facilities such as arenas, stadiums, and racetracks. What is Sports Investment Banking?

article thumbnail

Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

Cooley M&A

Public company deals: Smaller bites in more focused therapeutic areas The landscape for public company sales in the life sciences sector in 2024 was notably quieter than expected, with anticipated high-profile deals failing to materialize.

M&A
article thumbnail

UK Corporate Briefing - August 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

hide - hide Back to Top Home What Is JD Supra?

article thumbnail

Single Store Generalist Shops | Why the Era is Coming to an End with Cole Strandberg

Focus Investment Banking

About 3 years ago, I joined the team at Focus Investment Banking, where I spend my time on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising within the collision repair industry. Because they’re publicly traded, we get access to their financials and see how they do quarter in and quarter out and annually for 2023.