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Planning for Success: Five Considerations for Selling Your RIA

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Every RIA owner will at some point need to transition their business, whether through internal succession, a sale of the business or otherwise. If the transition could be via a sale, the day to start planning to sell your RIA...more

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FDIC and OCC Finalize New Guidelines on Bank Mergers

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Yesterday, both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized new guidelines regarding bank mergers. According to the agencies, these updates aim to enhance...more

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Planning a Transaction in an Election Year? Stay The Course and Get Prepared

After slow deal flow last year, 2024 was expected to bring a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions as inflation eased and financing improved. In the first half of this year, transactions in the U.S. increased 6% over the...more

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Land of the rising dissension: Japanese shareholder activism in focus

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A perfect storm of volatile market conditions and investor demands is brewing in Japan, fostering an environment ripe for increased shareholder activism in 2025 - Global shareholder activism surged in the first half of...more

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High anxiety or real opportunity? Distressed M&A in Europe

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The number of distressed deals reaches record highs as challenging market conditions take their toll - European M&A saw a solid uplift in value in the first half of 2024. Western Europe saw US$390 billion of deals—a rise...more

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Guide Through The Mexican M&A Labyrinth: Top 10 Labor and Employment Considerations for Foreign Investors

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Una versión en español de esta Insight está disponible haciendo clic arriba. For foreign companies contemplating a merger with or acquisition of a Mexican company, understanding the labor landscape is crucial. Mexico’s...more

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UK FDI Update: Key takeaways from the latest NSIA Annual Report

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The third Annual Report on the UK's National Security and Investment Act provides some valuable insights into the review process and how it continues to develop. We explore some of the key metrics and trends and what they...more

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Competition Currents: Summer 2024 News Round Up

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Put down the lemonade and break out the pumpkin spice: summer is coming to an end. And while you were in the pool – or maybe just answering emails poolside – the antitrust agencies showed no signs of a summer slowdown. Before...more

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Net Working Capital & Purchase Price Adjustments In M&A Deals

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Net Working Capital (“NWC”) targets and purchase price adjustments are a nearly universal reality in private M&A deals, though often a neglected and misunderstood topic. To greatly simplify, the NWC target is the minimum...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

8 Steps to Take Before a Successful M&A Exit

Most entrepreneurs dream of someday selling their company. There are several steps they should be taking well in advance to ensure a profitable exit. Procopio Partner Bill Eigner identified 8 key steps business owners should...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Earnout Deals Surge in Uncertain Times – What M&A Professionals Need to Know About Earnouts

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The M&A market has witnessed a major increase in the use of earnout deal terms after 2021. The number of deals with earnout provisions jumped from around 20% in 2021 to 33% in 2023....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

As Election Looms, Headwinds Brewing for Private Equity Health Care Dealmaking

As this fall’s election approaches, headwinds have been brewing in DC and state legislatures for private equity health care dealmaking, many of them with bipartisan support. While a key Senate committee scrutinized patient...more

Allen Matkins

The Attorney-Client Privilege In M&A Transactions - A Decade Later

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In 2013, then Chancellor Leo Strine determined that under Section 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law the attorney-client privilege held by the target company follows to the surviving company after a merger.   Great...more

Cooley LLP

Update to FAQs regarding de-SPACs and submission of draft registration statements

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The 2012 JOBS Act permitted Emerging Growth Companies to initiate the IPO process by submitting their IPO registration statements confidentially to the SEC for nonpublic review by the SEC staff. The confidential process was...more

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Public Company Watch: September 2024

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In the September edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including updates regarding the most recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporate Law and the EU’s Corporate...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Indemnification Escrow Accounts – What Are They and How Should They Be Used?

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Parties to business acquisitions use indemnification clauses to provide security for harm that may result following the closing of the transaction. Indemnification obligations require one party to compensate the other for...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Unhealthy Alliance: Hospitals Sharing Senior Leadership Increases Antitrust Risk

Collusion among rivals has long been considered the “supreme evil of antitrust.” It is not surprising, therefore, that antitrust scrutiny was applied to one hospital’s decision to employ the Chief Executive Officer of its...more

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Wagner v. BRP: The Court of Chancery extends its Moelis stockholders agreement jurisprudence

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In Wagner v. BRP Group Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery further developed its jurisprudence regarding the validity of stockholders agreements that vest significant control rights in minority stockholders instead of a...more

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DOJ Hits Venue Services Group With $3.5 Million HSR Gun-Jumping Penalty

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint and proposed consent decree alleging that Legends Hospitality Parent Holdings prematurely acquired beneficial ownership – often referred to as “gun jumping” – in connection...more

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Navigating Antitrust Enforcement: The Supreme Court Decision on Chevron Doctrine

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Summary: Understanding the context of the Chevron doctrine decision is important to prepare for the unpredictability of antitrust enforcement. Our recommendations for in-house counsel help to jumpstart your game plan....more

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No Rest for the Weary: Three Trends to Watch in Shareholder Activism This Fall

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Fall is fast approaching, so most major US public companies have held their 2024 annual meetings. But, while temperatures are sure to cool in the coming months, the same can no longer be said for the shareholder activism...more

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SBA Proposes Rule That Will Change M&A Landscape for Small Business, Recertifications to Impact Award Eligibility

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The Small Business Administration ("SBA") recently issued a proposed rule that changes the effect of a concern's size recertification following mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") activity. Notably, the proposed rule is...more

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Antitrust in Healthcare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

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Another Delaware Publicly Traded Company Proposes A Nevada Move

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Last week, Chromocell Therapeutics Corporation filed preliminary proxy materials that included a proposal to reincorporate in Nevada.  Rather than convert, the company is proposing to effect the reincorporation by means of a...more

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Amendment to CCPA Would Require Consumer OptOut Elections to be Preserved Following M&A Transactions

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Data privacy and security risk and compliance issues relating to exchanges of personal information during merger, acquisition, and similar transactions can sometimes be overlooked. In 2023, we summarized an enforcement action...more

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