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U.S. Cybersecurity Sector Recap

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M&A activity in the cybersecurity sector is on pace to exceed 2024 volume by 10% in 2025, with continued consolidation as larger firms acquire niche players to enhance capabilities or expand product offerings. The...more

Woodruff Sawyer

RWI for Small Deals: A Strategic Shift in Product Design

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The US representations and warranties insurance (RWI) market has long been a fixture in M&A transactions, particularly in the mid- and large-cap space. But as dealmakers increasingly look to scale through smaller...more

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Preferred and structured equity investments in the spotlight amid uncertain markets

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Preferred equity investing is on the rise amid a search for yield and a fall in the number of high-quality assets coming to market. Here we explore the growing appeal of preferred equity instruments, outline the terms that...more

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Navigating Earn-Out Disputes: Key Considerations for Private Funds

Times of economic volatility often increase disparities between a seller’s valuation and the buyer’s valuation of the same company. Earn-out provisions are one tool frequently used to address such disparities. An earn-out...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Analyzing the State of M&A in 2025: Key Survey Insights

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At the start of the year, we surveyed M&A lawyers to gather their perspectives on the market dynamics, the year ahead, and the impact of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) on deals. These insights are invaluable...more

Mintz

Demystifying PE-Backed Boards: Opportunity, Risk, and the Evolving Role of Directors

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Private equity boards often carry a certain mystique — and, let’s face it, a bit of stigma. Many directors react to the idea with hesitancy, imagining high pressure, constant turnover, and limited governance influence. But as...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Family Office Symposium 2025 | Key Takeaways

McDermott’s Family Office Symposium 2025 brought together more than 400 single-family office executives and industry leaders to uncover new opportunities, exchange best practices, and strengthen relationships. Focused on the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Glow Up or Sell Out? Opportunities and Risks in the Consumer Health and Beauty Sector

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The global M&A market is forever evolving, and nowhere is this truer than in beauty, which has recently seen a notable surge in growth and popularity. McKinsey forecasts global beauty sales to grow six percent annually until...more

Goodwin

Crafting a Competitive LOI in Lower Middle Market M&A

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In the lower middle market — typically deals between $10 million and $100 million — the letter of intent (LOI) serves as a pivotal document that sets the tone for the transaction, shapes the seller’s expectations, and...more

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[Podcast] Mintz On Air: Practical Policies – When Should You Hire an Employment Lawyer?

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In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin discusses with colleague and Member Andrew Bernstein when the best time is to hire an employment lawyer. This episode is part of a series...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Managing Transactional Risk in 2025: Our Strategy Guide

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In Q4 2024, the private equity deal landscape experienced a resurgence, largely driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing policies, which fostered a favorable financing environment. According to EY’s “Private Equity US...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Is Cash King? Deferred Consideration and Specie/in-Kind Transactions in the Context of Private Equity NAV Financings

Net asset value (NAV) facility documentation, at least in the context of private equity, has evolved to a large extent on the assumption that borrower funds will usually execute transactions in cash - paying cash on...more

Goodwin

Five Trends Reshaping Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Partnerships

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How CDMOs are reshaping pharmaceutical partnerships through friendshoring, risk-sharing economics, and specialized development capabilities. The pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape is undergoing a profound shift, with...more

King & Spalding

2025 M&A Outlook: Market Shake-Ups and Dealmaking Opportunities

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This report recaps significant M&A trends, developments and challenges from 2024 that will continue to play out over the next year, and highlights emerging market shake-ups and drivers. It provides key takeaways for...more

Stoel Rives LLP

TrendWatch: Navigating a New Era in M&A

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There’s a kind of silence that happens before a deal falls apart. It’s not dramatic. No slammed phones, no hostile emails. Just a slow drip of delays, caveats, and quiet rejections. It’s a familiar sound to anyone navigating...more

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Legal Lingo: What is a Secondaries Transaction?

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Being an aspiring commercial lawyer often means being confronted by complex, often abstract, concepts leading to an often impenetrable wall of jargon for students and trainees. Next up in our Legal Lingo series, which we've...more

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Ruling of the German Federal Labor Court on the Invalidity of Expiry Clauses in ESOP/VSOP - Applicability of the Ruling to MEPs

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On March 19, 2025, the German Federal Labor Court ("BAG") ruled that clauses that qualify as general terms and conditions and stipulate that virtual option rights that are already vested at the time of termination of an...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

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

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

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

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

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

Foley Hoag LLP

Shareholders' Agreement: Caution When Drafting Drag Along Provisions

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“Drag along” provisions are frequently included in shareholders’ agreements. Whenever an offer for all (or a high proportion) of a company's share capital is accepted by a majority (as determined by the shareholders’...more

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Insurance Advisory Services for Private Equity Sponsors: A Conversation with Ryan Seager at Associated (Part 1)

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts. ...more

Goodwin

How to Navigate Deal Delays and Completion Uncertainty in an Era of Heighted Deal Complexity and Prolonged Interim Period

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Prolonged or failed M&A transactions can tie up capital, increase transaction costs, and delay returns of exit proceeds. Managing the interim period between signing and closing is increasingly critical in M&A transactions,...more

Whiteford

Private Company M&A - Earn-Outs: Gravy on Top?

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Periodically, particularly during economic downturns or times of market uncertainty, the private M&A market experiences a significant increase in the use of earnouts. As was the case following the Great Recession and the...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

Navigating Key Challenges in M&A Deals in the Rare Disease Sector

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community. The value of merger and...more

StoneTurn

Advance in Africa: Risk Mitigation Strategies

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Growing competition in Africa provides ample opportunities for businesses, investors, and entrepreneurs, but requires a strategic approach to navigate new challenges and opportunities. For success to be realized, new market...more

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