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2025 IPO Report

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This year’s IPO Report offers a detailed review of the IPO market and outlook, including a breakdown of IPOs by industry and the number of IPOs from the leading states over the past five years. We also take a look at the IPO...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

SEC’s First Quarter Rules: SPAC IPOs and Climate Disclosure Mandates

In January and March 2024, respectively, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules concerning special purpose acquisition companies and mandatory climate-related disclosure. Each rulemaking was the...more

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Are Buyers Still Getting Paid? The Evolution of R&W Insurance Claims - R&W Insurance Claims Report 2023

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As we emerge from the COVID pandemic and the risk environment for corporate America remains high, now is a good time to revisit a question critical to private equity firms and strategic buyers in the mergers and acquisitions...more

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What’s New in the RWI Market? A Sneak Peek at Lowenstein’s Upcoming Survey Results

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Today on “Don't Take No for an Answer,” co-hosts Lynda A. Bennett and Eric Jesse of the Insurance Recovery Group at Lowenstein Sandler discuss the upcoming publication of their second report on reps and warranties insurance...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

King & Spalding

2023 M&A Outlook: Recapping Key Takeaways from Dealmaking in 2022 and Navigating New Challenges

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Coming off record-setting levels in 2021, M&A deal activity cooled in the second half of 2022. A multitude of factors – including soaring inflation, steadily rising interest rates and the higher cost of financing,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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Looking Ahead to 2023: A Guide for D&O Insurance Renewals [Report]

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Woodruff Sawyer’s 10th annual D&O Looking Ahead Guide is here. In it, you will find expert insights to help guide your 2023 directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance program renewal. Read on for a summary of the...more

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US M&A settles back down

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Explore the data The headline for the first half of 2022 is that US M&A markets are still remarkably healthy, despite a confluence of headwinds. Without question, 2021 was an exceptional year, fueled by pent-up demand,...more

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Seizing Opportunity: The post-pandemic future of US life sciences M&A 2022

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As we predicted in the previous edition of this report, 2021 turned out to be a very strong year indeed for US life sciences dealmaking, marked by high transaction values and volumes as the industry continued on its...more

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Policy shifts may signal a new chapter in the story of globalization

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Globalization may be evolving, as nations and regions reassert their regulatory powers on a wide range of issues including trade, competition and national security. The economic lessons of COVID-19 and growing concerns about...more

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ESG pressures fuel dealmaking

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Companies across the globe are turning to M&A to fulfill their ESG ambitions while investors seek the steep returns on offer - As businesses race to catch up with the global ESG (environmental, social, and governance)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2022: What You Need To Know …

This year, we expect to see new disclosure requirements; rule changes at the Securities and Exchange Commission that will affect directors; activists adopting new tactics; changes to shareholder voting processes; tax and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent M&A Developments: What Can Boards of Directors Expect in 2022?

Editor’s Note: Akin Gump is pleased to publish the first in a series of blog posts covering significant issues U.S. boards of directors may expect to face in 2022. In addition to ongoing pressures on the part of boards of...more

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5 things you need to know about … trends impacting UK public markets in 2022

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2021 has been an exceptional year for the London Corporate team at White & Case, with a strong performance across the practice, including White & Case advising on nearly 50 deals involving publicly listed companies in the UK...more

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[Podcast] Energy M&A—Today and Tomorrow

In this episode, Akin Gump corporate partners Wesley Williams and Jessica Hammons take a wide-ranging look at the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and discuss the investment and transaction present and future in that...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OLNS#9: Venture Capital Deals in Germany – Pitfalls, Key Terms and Success Factors Founders Need to Know

In substantially all the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As one of the top tech law firms in the world, we...more

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US SPACs look beyond their backyard to Europe

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Although most SPAC activity is concentrated in the US, the boom in listings spells opportunities for European firms - Amid the ups and downs in financial markets in 2020, the boom in activity in the special purpose...more

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Blog: Cooley’s 2020 Tech M&A Year in Review

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A Tale of Two Years - While we continue to absorb and understand the worldwide pandemic shockwaves of 2020, trying to encapsulate the vicissitudes of the past year in an annual recap is daunting. Early weeks of the...more

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Strong 2021 Deal Pipeline For Resilient German M&A and Private Equity Market

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The German M&A/PE market was off to a good start in 2020, but then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unsettling the market and leaving many market participants to wonder whether we were going to face a situation comparable to the...more

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