Acquisitions, Going-Private Transactions

Delaware Amends DGCL Section 144 to Add Safe Harbors for Interested and Controlling Stockholder Transactions

Benesch on 4/10/2025

On March 25, 2025, the governor of Delaware signed into law significant changes to Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The changes provide safe harbors to Boards of Directors and controlling...more

The Basics of P2P Acquisition Financing

White & Case LLP on 12/1/2022

A public-to-private transaction ("P2P") is one in which a publicly listed company is acquired and taken into private ownership. Because they involve changes in ownership of public companies, P2Ps are subject to various...more

5 things you need to know about … public to private bids

White & Case LLP on 10/11/2021

PE dominance - Private equity and family offices are exerting increasing influence over public takeovers in the UK, with public to private transactions ("P2Ps") making up more than 2/3 of all bids in H1 2021 and...more

A Win for Deal Certainty, Delaware Court of Chancery Orders Closing of Cake Supplier Acquisition

Goodwin on 5/19/2021

A Win for Deal Certainty, Delaware Court of Chancery Orders Closing of Cake Supplier Acquisition; Under Armour to Pay $9M to Settle SEC Charges Involving Disclosure Failures; First Circuit Upholds Decision Applying Federal...more

European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Public-to-private: Private equity on the hunt for new value

White & Case LLP on 2/25/2020

HEADLINES - In 2019, European take-private deals backed by private equity reached €34.5 billion over 31 deals - This is 14 per cent higher than 2018 and more than five times the total deal value seen just five years...more

Western European PE activity dips in 2019, but total buyout value remains high

White & Case LLP on 1/29/2020

PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales. Western Europe had a...more

Chancery Holds That Deal Price Is Fair Value in Massive Appraisal Fight

Morris James LLP on 6/30/2017

In In re Appraisal of PetSmart, one of Delaware's largest appraisal litigations in history, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the deal price in PetSmart Inc.'s going-private transaction was the best evidence of fair...more

2016 Year In Review: Corporate Governance Litigation And Regulation

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/12/2017

2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant judicial and regulatory developments in the following areas: Mergers...more

"Two Court of Chancery Deal Litigation Decisions Provide Helpful Guidance"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/18/2016

Chelsea Therapeutics: Post-Closing Bad Faith Claim a ‘Rare Bird’ in Delaware Absent Allegations of Self-Interestedness or Lack of Independence - In In re Chelsea Therapeutics International LTD Stockholders Litigation,...more

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