Private Equity, Target Company, Mergers

New FTC Consent Order Against Health Care-Focused Private Equity Firm Has Antitrust Implications

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/27/2025

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final consent order with a private equity firm focused on health care and technology to resolve allegations of anticompetitive practices in two anesthesiology markets...more

Healthcare Founders Face New Exit Considerations

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/9/2024

Exiting a business, whether you are a serial entrepreneur looking to move on to the next project or a healthcare provider like a physician or therapist who has nurtured your practice for decades, can be difficult. After all,...more

M&A in Brief: Q1 2024

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/27/2024

In a letter ruling, the Delaware Chancery Court held that where neither the target nor the acquiror was a Delaware entity, the transaction documents between the parties could not confer jurisdiction in the Chancery Court...more

Implications of Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision for M&A Execution

BakerHostetler on 7/13/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard Coll., No. 20-1199, 600 U.S. – (U.S. June 29, 2023) has opened the door to future legal challenges against DE&I...more

The Latham & Watkins Take-Private Guide: An Overview of Acquiring a US Public Company

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/28/2021

This guide provides an overview of the processes, possible structures, and principal issues for consideration by an acquirer in connection with an acquisition of a publicly traded US company for cash (i.e., a “take-private”...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

Transacting With Troubled Companies – 3 Tips for PE Deal Teams Navigating Stressed, Distressed, and Insolvent Acquisitions

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/23/2020

Successfully executing an acquisition from stress, distress, or insolvency requires a creative approach to reconcile competing interests. ...more

Opportunities and Challenges for Private Equity Investment in the Insurance Sector

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/30/2018

Recent private equity investments in high-profile deals, such as Bain Capital’s acquisition of esure and Apollo’s acquisition of Aspen Insurance, have brought European insurance sector deal values to record highs. Regulatory...more

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