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Delaware Law Alert: Avoiding Ambiguities in M&A Disclosure Schedules

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A notable Delaware Chancery Court opinion offers important insights for M&A deal parties into how courts interpret disclosure schedules. In Aldrich Capital Partners Fund, LP v. Bray, the stock purchase agreement and the...more

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Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse in M&A Deals

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Changing market dynamics have led buyers to assess available options to address post-closing target company issues. Amid the buoyant market of 2021 and early 2022, compressed deal timelines and frenzied competition...more

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What’s behind the rise in UK M&A litigation?

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Litigation following mergers and acquisitions has always been a source of important judicial decisions on critical legal issues. However, can it tell us more about the state of the deal market and where future disputes may be...more

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Baking the Books — Recent Instances of Fraud Highlight the Need for Vigilance in M&A Deals

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Buyers’ best defence against M&A fraud requires rigorous, pre-closing due diligence — when fraud is suspected, deal teams should seek legal advice and proceed with caution. Recent high-profile fraud cases gravely...more

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Buyers And Sellers Beware: Effectively Limiting Post-Closing Litigation Exposure With Anti-Reliance Clauses In Purchase Agreements

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The Delaware Court of Chancery—the nation’s leading forum for corporate and M&A disputes—recently provided a roadmap for how to limit post-closing litigation exposure by eliminating certain fraud claims....more

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Delaware Chancery Court Provides Further Insights into the Validity of Anti-Reliance Clauses

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On November 30, 2016, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued another opinion in a growing body of decisions defining the parameters of extra-contractual fraud claims in M&A transactions. In IAC Search LLC v. Conversant LLC,...more

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