Acquisitions, Minority Shareholders, Private Equity

Minority report: Minority stakes spike in US and Europe for sponsors and strategics alike

White & Case LLP on 6/25/2025

In an M&A market characterized by buyer caution and narrowing liquidity pathways for sellers, flexible minority stakes transactions are proving a valuable option for dealmakers in the US and Europe - In an M&A market that has...more

Bridging the M&A Gap: Independent Counsel and Minority Shareholder Protection

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 4/22/2025

When a private company is being sold, it is necessary for its minority shareholders to be mindful of protecting their own individual interests when diverging from the controlling shareholder’s interests. Because the...more

“Roll Up” or Roll On Out: Court Dismisses FTC Lawsuit Against Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson Under Section 13(b)

WilmerHale on 5/29/2024

In a decision with significant implications for private equity firms and minority investors, on May 13, 2024, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) suit...more

FTC Claims Against PE Firm Put to Sleep

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/21/2024

The FTC’s recent campaign against private equity roll-ups hit a stumbling block on May 13 as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas tossed out the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust claims...more

Tennessee Diversifies Its Valuation-Method Portfolio for Closely Held Corporations

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/3/2018

The Tennessee Supreme Court overruled three decades of precedent in Athlon Sports Communications, Inc. v. Duggan, giving trial courts broad discretion in the method used to determine the “fair value” of shares in “dissenters’...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

"Recent Opinions Highlight Different Appraisal Valuation Methods Employed in Merger Transactions by Delaware Courts"

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

There is a general perception that statutory appraisal challenges have been on the rise over the past several years. The Delaware Court of Chancery has issued a number of opinions during that time that use the merger price...more

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