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SPAC Sponsor Liability and Insurance Solutions

Woodruff Sawyer on 2/21/2025

The SPAC market is finally making a comeback. As we enter a period of the long-awaited SPAC revival, some liability dangers persist. Two common questions that keep being raised by our clients are: How much liability...more

Court of Chancery Issues First Dismissal of a SPAC Disclosure Complaint

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/25/2024

In January 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a groundbreaking opinion in In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation that paved the way for SPAC stockholders to bring direct breach of...more

2022 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE Report

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/27/2023

In this inaugural issue of the 2022 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE Report, we present analysis related to 108 private investments in public equity (PIPEs) by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies between...more

Q4 2022 Quarterly Corporate / M&A decisions updates

Hogan Lovells on 4/7/2023

Below is our Corporate / M&A decisions update covering decisions in the fourth quarter of 2022. This update is designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate, and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis....more

M&A in 2022 and Trends for 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/23/2023

Following a year of unprecedented M&A deal activity, 2022 saw the global M&A market settle back into a more familiar pace. The year finished 38.8% lower than 2021’s record level, but only 9.3% lower than 2015-2019 averages,...more

US M&A settles back down

White & Case LLP on 8/23/2022

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

Transactional Risk in M&A and Private Equity: Insurance Trends in 2022

Woodruff Sawyer on 3/30/2022

Part of every transaction’s due diligence process is the insurance and risk management workstream. Insurance and employee benefits due diligence is becoming more and more important to private equity firms looking to protect...more

India M&A sets new records in 2021

White & Case LLP on 2/23/2022

Dealmaker interest from both home and abroad, along with record private equity activity, has driven India’s dealmaking activity to an all-time high - In line with the global trend, India’s dealmaking activity reached a new...more

M&A in 2021 and Trends for 2022

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/21/2022

2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more

Private equity carve-outs ride post-COVID wave

White & Case LLP on 8/12/2021

PE investors stand ready to fund spinoffs of non-core assets as companies refocus for the recovery - Last spring, Dell spun off its cloud computing business, VMWare, in a deal valued at nearly US$63 billion, with the equity...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q3 2021

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/22/2021

This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series reviews the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is proceeding at a record pace thus far in 2021. Key findings include: Investment...more

Turmoil in the SPAC Market: What Private Tech Companies Should Consider Before Going Public Via a SPAC

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 5/11/2021

In the spring of 2021, one of the hottest markets—the market for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs—has “screeched to a halt,” according to CNN. As the SPAC market grew red hot in the past six months, it seemed...more

M&A In 2020 And Trends For 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/15/2021

2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic and other headline-grabbing challenges, along with “the usual” quadrennial questions around the U.S. election. Early in the year, businesses and dealmakers focused on the pandemic and...more

PropTech Update - November 2020

Allen Matkins on 11/23/2020

Tishman Speyer forms $300 million SPAC to invest in PropTech companies - Bullet The Real Deal – October 26 - Tishman Speyer has formed a $300 million blank-check company — becoming the first major real estate owner to...more

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