Volatile technology stocks and rising interest rates put the brakes on fintech funding rounds and M&A in 2022. But even though investment activity fell from 2021’s highs, fintech deal volumes have remained well ahead of...more
Welcome to the Akin Gump Global Private Equity/M&A Survey 2021: Opportunities Ahead.
The last 12 months have been hugely challenging for dealmakers around the world but, after an initial period of disruption following...more
2/2/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Cross-Border ,
Foreign Investment ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Investment Management ,
Market Volatility ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Markets
The recently announced dispute between BorgWarner Inc. and Delphi Technologies PLC relating to BorgWarner’s planned acquisition of Delphi may turn into one of the first cases of a contested mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...more
Projections of the full impact of COVID-19 (more commonly known as the coronavirus) on the economy remain extremely uncertain and continue to reflect a variety of outcomes. As a result of this uncertainty, businesses who have...more
Background of Kenneth Cole Productions Shareholder Litigation -
The case involved Kenneth Cole Productions (KCP), a public New York corporation well-known as the designer and marketer of shoes, apparel and accessories....more
As we wrote earlier this year, end-use corporate energy consumers large and small are increasingly turning to distributed power generation using solar, wind and other technologies to reduce purchased power costs and price...more
Earlier this month, several significant amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) were approved. These amendments are substantially the same as the amendments originally proposed in April 2014 and will...more
Common sense might lead one to expect that a controlling stakeholder has the power to replace the manager of a limited liability company (LLC), but this might not be the case when the underlying LLC agreement provides...more
As first discussed in July 2013 the First Circuit Court of Appeals held in Sun Capital Partners III, LP, et al. v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund that a Sun Capital Partners private equity fund (Sun...more
3/10/2014
/ Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
FMR LLC ,
Lawson v FMR ,
Omnicare ,
Pensions ,
Private Equity ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Sun Capital Partners ,
Trucking Industry ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
When choosing an entity, limited liability companies (LLCs) are an attractive option because they insulate their members from personal liability, allow governance flexibility and provide a single layer of income tax. For...more
It is not unusual to collect signature pages in connection with corporate transactions prior to the transaction and then release them at the time of the transaction. However, Delaware law provides that when a person executes...more