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DarrowEverett LLP

Balancing the Scales: Purchase Price Adjustments in M&A Transactions

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In the complex world of business transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions (M&A), purchase price adjustments are a critical concept that help ensure fairness and accuracy in the final transaction price. Purchase...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Eleven Concepts Business Teams Need to Know About Indemnification and Protection in Private Company M&A: Cutting Through the...

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Privately held businesses are rarely bought or sold “as is.” Buyers of most businesses usually expect the sellers to make a comprehensive set of “representations” or “reps.” In other words, statements about the business that...more

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Private Company M&A – Rep & Warranty Insurance: A “Zero-Liability” Promised Land for Sellers?

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Representation & Warranty Insurance (“RWI”) is specialty insurance coverage purchased for M&A deals which provides third-party insurance coverage for certain breaches of the Seller’s representations and warranties in the...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Minority Investments and RWI: Choosing the Right Policy

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In 2022, we saw a higher percentage of minority investments from our strategic company and private equity clients. We expect this trend to continue in 2023. Investing less in an individual company lessens the potential...more

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Looking Ahead to 2023: Trends in Private Equity and M&A Insurance

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When we look across our client base of 375+ funds and our advisory work on 150+ middle market growth equity, private equity, and strategic M&A US-based transactions in 2022, we see a wide variety of issues that are...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Top 5 Trends – Representation and Warranty Insurance for M&A Transactions

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Our Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity Team recently attended Marsh’s panel on its 2021 Global Trends Report on transactional risk. Consistent with what we have seen in the market, industry experts confirmed that an...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG on the Rise in M&A Transactions

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Dealmakers should continue to weigh the impact of ESG issues on M&A deals as ESG standards evolve. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have become increasingly important for corporates in recent years,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Tackling “Long COVID” in PE Acquisitions - 4 Symptoms for Dealmakers to Examine and Treat

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From potential cartel behaviour to repaying government loans, deal teams should remain alert to lingering issues rooted in a company’s response to the pandemic. The recovery of the European PE market since the early days of...more

A&O Shearman

Private Equity Oil & Gas Transactions: Insights for Buyers and Sellers

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Private equity funds have supplied much of the capital injected into the oil and gas exploration and production sector over the last decade. These investors will typically seek to identify, acquire, operate, enhance, and...more

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