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M&A Insights Series: Katie Balson of Origin Merchant Partners Discusses the Market Outlook, Its Challenges and Opportunities, and...

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more

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Risk Factor Considerations for Upcoming Form 10-Q

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As companies prepare their Form 10-Q disclosures, it's worth bearing in mind a number of special considerations amid the current economic and political environment....more

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Market Turmoil: Proven Strategies for Managing Private Credit Portfolios Through Volatility

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As during the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, private credit lenders today face the challenge of adapting to rapidly shifting circumstances driven by a volatile macroeconomic landscape. If past is at all...more

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Takeaways from CERAWeek 2025 and the Infocast Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit

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I had the privilege of speaking at both CERAWeek 2025 and the Infocast Solar + Wind Finance & Investment Summit in March 2025, gaining distinct yet complementary insights into the energy transition. CERAWeek offered a macro...more

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Aviation Finance: The Outlook for Business in 2025

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Entering 2025, the outlook for aviation is as bright as it has been since before 2020. Global passenger demand has returned to pre-Covid highs. Interest rates are falling in the United States and Europe. And aircraft trading...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks: A Conversation with Katie Balson of Origin Merchant Partners

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

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Back In The Deep End – Managing Risk In Uncertain Times

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While none of the current economic data indicates an imminent recession, we need look no further than the financial conditions of 2006 and 2007 to see how quickly the tide of the economy can shift. Warren Buffett once...more

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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

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MD&A disclosure in volatile times

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Current macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty may make it difficult for companies to know how to tackle their Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") disclosure. In...more

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Powell Admits Recession Possible, Sees Tricky Path to Soft Landing

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In closely watched testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Fed Chair Powell acknowledged on Wednesday that the central bank faced a perilous situation in trying to “lower rapid inflation without tipping America into a...more

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Twitter Looks to Streamline Even As Musk Puts Acquisition “On Hold”

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal took dramatic action this week, firing two top execs, freezing “most new hiring,” and announcing plans to slash spending “as the social media company tries to change its business trajectory while...more

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Elon Musk Strikes Deal to Take Twitter Private for $44B

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Elon Musk and Twitter brass struck a deal on Monday in which Musk will spend $44 billion to “take over the influential social network frequented by world leaders, celebrities and cultural trendsetters” and take it private....more

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New WarnerMedia Parent Shutters CNN+ Streaming Service After Just a Month

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Easily supplanting Netflix’s dismal Q1 as the biggest streaming story of the week, CNN announced on Thursday that it was shuttering its CNN+ streaming service just weeks after its debut—a “remarkable turnabout for one of the...more

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Markets Wrap Worst Quarter in 2 Years and Await March Jobs Report

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Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what we’re looking for in the March numbers after reports earlier this week suggested we remain in a period of both high openings and voluntary resignations...more

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U.S. Job Openings and Resignations Remain at Near-Historic Highs

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As another Jobs Report rapidly approaches, the Labor Department released new data showing that job openings “remained near record levels” last month, while “the number of workers voluntarily leaving their positions...more

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February CPI Shows Persistent U.S. Inflation at Highest Levels Since 1980s

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New CPI numbers out this week showed inflation in the U.S. rising unabated in the “month leading up to the war in Ukraine,” and the conflict is now upending hopes that 2022 would see an easing in rising prices. Certainly, the...more

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Biden Pledges to Fight Inflation in SOTU Address

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President Biden made fighting inflation one of the cornerstones of his State of the Union last night, highlighting the economic progress the country’s made in the past year while stressing efforts to stem rising prices. The...more

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Shell and BP Cut Ties With Russia As West’s Sanctions Intensify

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After a weekend in which the West’s major economies made it clear that they’re choosing economic isolation as the desired means of punishing Vladimir Putin and Russia for their invasion of Ukraine, Shell and BP have both...more

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Russia Invades Ukraine, Sending Markets Into Disarray

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As Russian troops advance into Ukraine, we chew on more of what the conflict there will mean for the U.S. economy—from markets to commodities to “spook[ing] American consumers”...more

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DOJ Probes Short Sellers Over Possible Market Manipulation Efforts

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DOJ officials are investigating whether some activist investors—including “prominent short sellers . . . Carson Block and Andrew Left”—crossed lines in their efforts to expose “companies with shoddy or even fraudulent...more

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Texas Sues Meta Over Alleged Unauthorized Biometric Data Collection

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued Facebook parent Meta accusing it of violating “a state consumer protection law by repeatedly capturing and commercializing biometric data in photos and videos for more than a decade without the...more

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California Sues Tesla Over Alleged Racial Discrimination at U.S. Facility

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California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a state court action against Tesla that alleges “racial discrimination and harassment at the electric-vehicle maker[‘s]” Fremont factory, the company’s...more

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Meta Shares Plummet After Facebook Earnings Disappoint

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We know Zuck’s all in on the metaverse. And a decrease in Q4 profits and full-year accounting help us understand the monetary size of that commitment: some $10 billion in 2021, as Meta poured cash into its Reality Labs...more

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Strong Q4 Boosts Annual U.S. GDP to Highest Mark Since 1984

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Stronger-than-expected GDP figures for the 4th Quarter and 2021 on the whole was welcome good economic news for the U.S. on Thursday after weeks of volatility and renewed supply-chain issues. Q4 growth clocked in at 1.7%,...more

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Fed Forecasts Rate Hikes Beginning Next Month to Counter Inflation

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The Fed delivered on its well-telegraphed plan to raise interest rates as soon as next month in an effort to combat inflation. The central bank has been easing its bond-buying program and appears ready to reduce its balance...more

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