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Delaware Court of Chancery Questions Enforceability of Con Ed Provisions

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So-called Con Ed provisions emerged as M&A practitioners’ response to Consolidated Edison, Inc. v. Northeast Utilities, a 2005 case in which the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that stockholder plaintiffs did not have...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Private Equity Buyer Validly Terminates Transaction by Way of “Accurate in all respects” Bring-Down Standard

On May 29, 2023, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Chancery Court held in HControl Holdings v. Antin Infrastructure Partners[1] that a private equity sponsor could walk away from its agreement to acquire a...more

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Survival Guide to Structuring Life Sciences Partnering and M+A Agreements

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The life sciences space is ever-growing and dynamic as the industry witnesses more companies and, therefore, more collaboration, licensing and M&A agreements, come into the spotlight. While these deals are exciting...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Sustained or Transitory? Delaware Court of Chancery Finds No MAE Absent Proof of Durationally Significant Effect on Business

Prior to the Delaware Court of Chancery’s opinion in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL, 2018 WL 4719347 (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2018), aff’d 198 A.3d 724 (Del. 2018), no Delaware court had found the existence...more

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Beyond MAE: COVID-19-Related M&A Lawsuits in the Delaware Court of Chancery

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Several COVID-19-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) complaints have been filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery since the start of this month, with spurned sellers alleging that buyers experienced a change of heart due...more

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Does The Coronavirus Pandemic Constitute A Material Adverse Effect?

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As COVID-19 – commonly known as coronavirus – continues to send shock waves through global markets and industries, dealmakers are considering whether they can terminate, or renegotiate, M&A transactions that they have entered...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Coronavirus and M&A Transactions: MAE Clauses

In late 2019, COVID-19 (more commonly known as the coronavirus) began to spread throughout mainland China, and has since spread around the world, affecting numerous lives and businesses. As a result, companies spanning a wide...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Lessons of a Failed CBD Acquisition

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Last Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Australis Capital Inc. announced the termination of its proposed acquisition (via merger) of Folium Equity Holding LLC, a fully integrated hemp/CBD operating company based in Colorado. The...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Find a Material Adverse Effect and Orders Specific Performance of a Merger

On December 18, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a 119-page post-trial memorandum opinion 1) rejecting a buyer's argument that the target company had breached representations and warranties in the parties' merger...more

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Delaware Reaffirms High Bar for Establishing a Material Adverse Effect

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In the first case following Akorn v. Fresenius to rule on a party’s entitlement to terminate a merger agreement on the basis of a material adverse effect (MAE), the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered Boston Scientific...more

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When Mergers Go Bad: How Merger Agreements Deal with Antitrust Risk in Today’s Market

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When parties begin merger talks, it is with an eye toward getting the deal done, getting the sellers their consideration, and determining how the combined company can do a better job for customers, employees and shareholders....more

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Sweat the Small Stuff: Delaware Court of Chancery Faults Acquirer for Failing to Deliver Notice to Extend End Date

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that an acquirer and target company’s joint efforts to obtain antitrust approval for a merger did not substitute for, or satisfy, the merger agreement’s requirement to send written...more

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Merger Termination Provisions Mean What They Say In Delaware

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that a party to a merger agreement validly terminated the agreement after the out-date passed when the other party failed to give notice that it extended the agreement even though the...more

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Peak performance: US M&A in 2018: Deal changing decisions from Delaware

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In the second half of 2018, the Delaware courts once again produced decisions that will guide M&A transactions in the future. Three cases affecting US M&A stood out in 2018....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Akorn

On December 7, 2018, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery's decision in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG , C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL, which upheld, for the first time under Delaware law, the ability of a...more

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Blog: MAEjor Ruling: Delaware Court of Chancery Finds Target Suffers Material Adverse Effect and Acquirer Could Back Out of...

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M&A practitioners have long advised boards of directors that the Delaware courts have never found that the events or circumstances in a particular transaction met the contractual standard of having a material adverse effect...more

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Akorn v. Fresenius: Important Practical Lessons from First-Ever Material Adverse Effect

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On October 1, in Akorn v. Fresenius Kabi, the Delaware Court of Chancery for the first time found that a material adverse effect — or MAE — had occurred in a merger transaction, which, combined with other breaches of the...more

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DE Chancery Court Finds Material Adverse Effect Allowed Fresenius to Terminate Merger Agreement with Akorn

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Summary: - A perfect storm of facts in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG et al. allowed the Delaware Chancery Court to conclude that Fresenius could properly terminate its obligations to acquire Akorn without liability,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

MAE is MIA No Longer: Delaware Court Upholds Use of “Material Adverse Event” Clause for the First Time

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In Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, the Delaware Chancery Court held that Fresenius, a German pharmaceutical company, was justified in invoking a “material adverse event” (MAE) clause to terminate its $4.8 billion merger...more

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Akorn v. Fresnius Kabi: Delaware Court Provides Guidance on What Constitutes a Material Adverse Event

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A Delaware Chancery Court has allowed a buyer to cancel a deal based on a material adverse effect. The decision is believed to be the first of its kind in Delaware. In Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, the Delaware Court...more

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Recent Delaware Case Makes First Finding of "Material Adverse Effect": Key Takeaways

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The recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG et. al is the first time a Delaware court has found a material adverse effect in the M&A context, and reinforces current Delaware law...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Delaware Judge Finds Elusive MAC—Does It Change Anything?

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Purchasers of businesses often want an "escape hatch" prior to closing if the target business suffers a "material adverse change" (or a "material adverse effect"). Historically, based on court decisions primarily out of the...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Rules For The First Time That MAE Justifies Termination Of Deal

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In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled post-trial that Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (“Fresenius”) properly terminated its $4.3 billion agreement to acquire Akorn,...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Finds a Material Adverse Effect and Permits Termination of Merger Agreement

In a 246-page post-trial decision issued this week, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a buyer could terminate a $4.75 billion public company acquisition because of material adverse effects that had occurred at the...more

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