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Accounting Firm Mergers & Acquisitions – Financial Advisory & Valuation Services For Success

JD Supra: Mergers

Accounting firm mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) are blossoming due to strong recurring revenue models, a great record of organic growth over three decades, light asset investment requirements, and economic recoveries and growth worldwide following the pandemic. These factors have created the opportunity for industry consolidation.

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After $43B valuation, Databricks acquires data replication startup Arcion for $100M

TechCrunch: M&A

Just last month the company raised $500 million at an eye-popping $43 billion valuation. Databricks has remained a hot startup at a time when interest from investors has cooled across the ecosystem. That would be big money anytime, but especially in the current fundraising climate. All rights reserved.

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Frequently Asked Questions for Private Companies Considering a Reverse Merger

JD Supra: Mergers

*This piece appears in PitchBook’s 2023 Annual US VC Valuations Report. We believe this is the wrong question—we view a reverse merger as "going public" during your cross-over round, rather than as an alternative to an IPO. By: Mintz - Securities & Capital Markets

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Understanding Valuation Techniques in Mergers and Acquisitions

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) play a vital role in shaping the business landscape, enabling companies to expand, diversify, and gain a competitive edge. Valuation lies at the heart of every successful M&A transaction, providing a framework to determine the worth of a target company.

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Reverse Mergers as an IPO Alternative

Deal Lawyers

Despite a bit of a checkered reputation, non-SPAC reverse mergers are still a thing, and this excerpt from a recent WilmerHale memo (p. 14) says that there’s been an uptick in these deals and that, for some companies, they are an attractive alternative to an IPO: The trend of declining public company valuations (including a […]

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How to Prepare for a Real Estate Enforcement in Europe, Part 2 – The Importance of Valuation in Enforcements

JD Supra: Mergers

To adopt this mantra in an enforcement context, for lenders the top priority should always be valuation, valuation, valuation. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair once famously declared that “our top priority was, is and always will be education, education, education.” By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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M&A Blog #24 - Merger Relative Valuation

Francine Way

I learned a few new things in these 2 roles, including how to evaluate a merger opportunity and present it to a corporation’s Board of Directors (BoD). To pick up where we last left off with valuation, I will cover the topic of a Merger Relative Valuation in this blog post and move on to other non-valuation topics from here.

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