Shareholders, Disclosure Requirements, Due Diligence

Eleven Concepts Business Teams Need to Know About Indemnification and Protection in Private Company M&A: Cutting Through the...

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP on 2/4/2025

Privately held businesses are rarely bought or sold “as is.” Buyers of most businesses usually expect the sellers to make a comprehensive set of “representations” or “reps.” In other words, statements about the business that...more

The Evolving Role of Boards of Directors Regarding Business and Human Rights

Paul Hastings LLP on 8/21/2023

Three years ago, as part of the EU’s initiative on sustainable governance, the European Commission released a lengthy study on directors’ duties. The study affirmed what many already understood: corporate decision makers face...more

New ESG Disclosure Guide for Leveraged Finance Transactions

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/25/2021

The LMA and ELFA have jointly published guidance to provide clarity in the market regarding ESG disclosures. The publication of guidance reflects the growing interest in ESG factors and their importance in leveraged...more

New Due Diligence Needs for a Rapidly Expanding Risk Factor Landscape…and What Diligence Teams Can Do

K&L Gates LLP on 7/2/2018

Today, investors and their diligence teams face the new challenge of emerging socio-economic risk exposures. These risk factors are many, varied, and shifting… and are growing out of our divided cultural and business...more

Legal Considerations in Pre-IPO Crossover Financings

WilmerHale on 11/21/2017

An increasingly common financing strategy for companies expecting to conduct an initial public offering (IPO), particularly in the life sciences space, is to conduct a ‘‘crossover’’ financing shortly prior to the IPO....more

Inside M&A - October 2015

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/23/2015

Overview of SPACs and Latest Trends - A number of recent successful business combination transactions involving special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) led by prominent sponsors have driven a resurgence in the SPAC...more