The M&A Word of the Day® from the Book of Jargon® – Global Mergers & Acquisitions Is PIPE
*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...more
Investors are still feeling the burn from biotech’s flameout. And with rising interest rates and increasingly strict regulatory scrutiny, it’s no wonder they remain wary of being singed by the sector. Originally published...more
2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) played a critical role in U.S. capital market growth in 2020. There were 248 SPACs launched, raising an aggregate of $83 billion in proceeds. The beginning of 2021 witnessed an...more
An SEC comment letter exchange recently made public serves as a helpful reminder to consider Section 5 of the Securities Act when structuring a PIPE (private investments in public equity) transaction. In a PIPE, a public...more
The SEC has recently approved an amendment to Nasdaq Rule 5635(d), which became effective on September 26, 2018, that modifies the circumstances in which listed companies must receive shareholder approval before they can...more
On March 5, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in the case Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mark Cuban, denying Cuban's motion for summary...more