Navigating Reps and Warranties Insurance in 2024: Smooth Sailing or Rough Seas Ahead?
Do R&W Insurers Still Pay Claims? Following Up on Lowenstein’s 2020 Survey
What You Need To Know About Representation and Warranty Insurance
Jeremy Levy on Recent RWI Challenges and Near-term Outlook
Schlam Stone & Dolan Partner Jeffrey M. Eilender Discusses Whether Contractual Disclaimers Can Waive Fraud Claim
Reps & Warranties Insurance Claims: Getting to “Yes”
Reps & Warranties Insurance: Sealing The Deal
Lessons for Health, Beauty & Wellness Companies [Part 3]: When to Consider Acquiring a Distressed Company
Six Things You Need to Know About Life Sciences M&A During and After COVID-19
Nota Bene Episode 27: The Gangbuster State of Private Equity and Merger and Acquisition Cycles in the U.S. with Luca Salvi
Addressing Environmental Issues in Real Estate Development
Purchase Agreements – Interview with Stephen Gulotta, Managing Member, Mintz Levin's New York Office
In the reps and warranties insurance (RWI) space, we are seeing more secondary transactions come across our desks. We're also seeing more willingness from insurers to cover these deals. To discuss this trend, I sat down with...more
Indemnification is a key component in virtually every M&A deal, serving as a detailed and nuanced contractual risk allocation device between the Buyer and Seller. Though drafted in a two-way fashion, indemnity operates in the...more
Looking to take some of the worry out of commercial real estate transactions? Then we highly recommend that you join us for our upcoming webinar: Risk Mitigation Strategies When Drafting Commercial Real Estate Purchase and...more
In today’s fast-paced technological land- scape, generative artificial intelligence is transforming various sectors, includ- ing the legal field. Even for experienced in-house lawyers, the prospect of inte- grating this...more
Stephanie Kao, Partner at Peabody & Arnold, shares her insights on a career in the reps and warranties insurance industry. In this Q&A with StoneTurn Managing Director Chris Milne, Stephanie highlights key moments in her...more
Parties to business acquisitions use indemnification clauses to provide security for harm that may result following the closing of the transaction. Indemnification obligations require one party to compensate the other for...more
In M&A transactions, unknown target liabilities are typically addressed in different ways throughout the M&A purchase agreement. A no undisclosed liabilities representation is one of the principal representations in an M&A...more
Representation and warranty insurance (“RWI”) is an increasingly important feature of private company M&A transactions. Every other year since 2005 the ABA has released its Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point...more
Merger and acquisition (M&A) purchase agreements generally include indemnification provisions, pursuant to which any given party (indemnitor) agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party or parties...more
In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement, whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement, typically contains representations and warranties made by the...more
According to the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies, financial statement representations are universally required from sellers in private company M&A deals, included in...more
In M&A transactions, the definitive purchase agreement (whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement) typically contains representations, warranties, and covenants, along with related...more
In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement typically contains representations and warranties made by the...more
Representations and warranties insurance (RWI) has become an increasingly common feature in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, serving as a risk management tool for both buyers and sellers. RWI facilitates...more
Delaware is well known as a favored jurisdiction for mergers and acquisition deals, and for good reason — the jurisdiction’s business-friendly legal environment offers numerous efficiencies and predictability. Attorneys and...more
The use of representations and warranties insurance (RWI or R&W) has become increasingly mainstream. An estimated 75% of private equity transactions and 64% of larger strategic acquirers use it. Woodruff Sawyer’s R&W team...more
This CLE course will guide deal counsel in drafting and negotiating asset purchase agreements. The panel will discuss legal considerations when negotiating representations and warranties, indemnities, covenants, closing...more
Joe Corsello, Associate General Counsel & Managing Director, Claims for Euclid Transactional, shares his insights on pivoting from litigation to reps and warranties insurance, opportunities for those seeking a career in the...more
The accelerated development of artificial intelligence (AI) has shown the transformative potential of the technology across industries, making it an integral part of strategic planning for market participants, from technology...more
In business purchase and sale transactions, the purchase price leads to some of the most contentious push and pull in negotiations. A majority of disagreements arise from each party’s valuation of the target company as well...more
M&A dealmakers have been on a wild ride: from the pandemic-fueled rout in 2020 to 2021’s record-breaking recovery to a steep decline in 2023, the global M&A market has offered a masterclass in volatility. While global M&A...more
The Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study (“the Study”) is published on a bi-annual basis by the Market Trends Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s M&A Committee, which I am happy to serve on. The...more
As global markets continue to adapt to a new normal, a clear understanding of the structural nuances, risk considerations, and strategic objectives inherent in varying transaction structures enables investors to remain agile...more
Is your M&A target a manufacturing company with automated production, a consumer products business with online sales and marketing or an education company that creates content for students? The increasing use and development...more
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