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Insurance-Related Trends, Risks, and Recommendations for Private Equity Transactions: A Conversation with Ryan Seager at...

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 3/20/2025

In this second of a two-part conversation, Ryan discusses current trends and challenges, regulatory changes and shifts, and insurance-related best practices for private equity sponsors. In part one, Ryan talked about...more

M&A Trends in 2025: What Professional Service Firms Need to Know Before Selling

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 3/6/2025

Professional services firms remain highly sought after by private equity (PE) investors. As of February 2025, the M&A landscape is showing promising signs of resurgence, with expectations of increased deal activity throughout...more

From personalization to supply chain optimization: How AI is shaping deals outside the tech arena

White & Case LLP on 3/3/2025

Investors are ramping up AI-related M&A to secure cutting-edge capabilities and market-beating returns, but high valuations and open-source disruption are forcing a rethink on deal strategy - Global M&A saw a year-on-year...more

Rising Investment in AI Requires Financial Sponsors To Address Unique Risks

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/20/2025

Key Points - - Accelerated M&A activity by financial sponsors is expected in the near term due to improved market conditions and deregulation under the Trump administration. - With the rapid development of new AI use...more

M&A in 2024 and Trends for 2025

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/10/2025

Global M&A in 2024 faced geopolitical issues, elevated interest rates, and inflationary pressures, with expanding antitrust, foreign investment, national security, and export regimes adding complexity. But inflation receded...more

Anticipated Surge in Mergers and Acquisitions for 2025: A Synthesis of Strategic Growth and Technological Advancements

HaystackID on 1/8/2025

As the global markets look towards 2025, a dynamic evolution is anticipated within the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Key strategic drivers such as regulatory adjustments, monetary policy normalizations, and...more

Question of the Week: What does the future of dealmaking look like for AI-related companies?

Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/5/2024

"We’re currently seeing a lot of follow-on investments into AI. For example, sponsors are making incremental investments into portfolio companies or using portco balance sheet cash and/or stock to finance acquisitions of...more

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2024

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 3/19/2024

To understand the litigation and regulatory risks that are coming in 2024 for private capital, it is helpful to look back briefly on recent events. Arguably, the single most important event over the last 18 months was the...more

HSR Transaction Overview: Key Insights from December 2023’s M&A Activity

HaystackID on 1/17/2024

Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

2024 Insights: Other Regulatory Developments

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/22/2023

AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more

Legal Insights for Manufacturing

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/13/2023

We are pleased to announce that Husch Blackwell has published its inaugural “Legal Insights for Manufacturing” report, which provides a look ahead to 2023 and explores the key trends and issues that will shape the coming year...more

Healthcare and Life Sciences Trends to Watch in 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/28/2021

The healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) sector remained particularly active throughout 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, deal activity was very strong in the first half of the year — with notable transactions including...more

Benesch DSO Industry Report - Q4 2019

Benesch on 1/28/2020

Benesch Secures Summary Judgment Win Dismissing Case for SmileDirectClub - In a precedent-setting win for teledentistry pioneer SmileDirectClub and New Jersey consumers, the Superior Court of New Jersey rejected an...more

Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons - 2018

Hogan Lovells on 4/4/2018

Innovation in the life sciences and health care industries is occurring at a dizzying pace. Five years ago, anti-PD-1 antibodies from Merck and BMS had yet to be approved, CAR-T therapies were still in small-scale clinical...more

8 Key M&A Trends in 2018 - From Sweeping Tax Changes, to Continued Big Ticket M&A

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/1/2018

From sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code, to big ticket M&A transactions making headline news – 2017 proved to be an eventful year for M&A dealmakers. As we settle into 2018, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of...more

Europe Insights

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/26/2018

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

Legal Trends 2016

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 1/12/2016

While global markets can be unpredictable, we have assembled some key legal trends that may help you prepare for what lies ahead in 2016. ...more

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