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Lack of Due Diligence During a Business Acquisition

JD Supra: Mergers

What risks are associated with a lack of due diligence during a business acquisition, asset purchase, stock purchase, or merger? How can due diligence make or break the success of any mergers and acquisitions transaction?

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The Power of Preferred Stock: A Primer for VC, PE, and Founders

JD Supra: Mergers

Preferred stock is a key financing instrument in the world of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), frequently used to balance the interests of investors and founders. By: DarrowEverett LLP

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Question of the Week: What is the next frontier in AI mergers and acquisitions, and how will it shape the future landscape of the industry?

JD Supra: Mergers

For example, sponsors are making incremental investments into portfolio companies or using portco balance sheet cash and/or stock to finance acquisitions of minority investments in or joint venture transactions with AI-focused companies. "We’re currently seeing a lot of follow-on investments into AI. By: Proskauer Rose LLP

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[Audio] Multiemployer Pension Plans in Mergers and Acquisitions — Troutman Pepper Podcast

JD Supra: Mergers

In this insightful episode of our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions podcast series, attorneys Paul Porretta and Christopher Stock delve into the complex world of multiemployer pension plans.

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Transparency In Merger Enforcement: Taking Stock of the Deals That Didn't Bark

JD Supra: Mergers

More than 82% of merger enforcement actions announced by the U.S. antitrust agencies in 2024 involved a litigated challenge (complaint) or the deal being abandoned. But only 17 enforcement actions were reported in totalwell below the number of Second Requests reported by the agencies each year in annual reports to Congress.

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Nigerian digital bank FairMoney in talks to buy Umba in $20M all-stock deal, sources say

TechCrunch: M&A

FairMoney, a digital bank based in Lagos and headquartered in Paris, is in discussions to acquire Umba, a credit-led digital bank providing payroll and financial services to customers in Nigeria and Kenya, in a $20 million all-stock deal, sources tell TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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No breach of fiduciary duty where directors approved merger that stripped common stock of its value

JD Supra: Mergers

Akademos, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that a cash-out merger that provided common shareholders in a privately held corporation, Akademos, Inc., This decision demonstrates that under certain circumstances, a merger need not generate shareholder value to withstand legal challenges. In Jacobs v. By: Hogan Lovells

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