Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Physician Practice Mergers and Acquisitions – Trends in the Health Care Industry
Assessing The Value Of Early-Stage PE Investments
M&A in the Cannabis Sector
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Four: The Financialization of Agriculture with David Muth from Alternative Equity Advisors
Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors
Tips for Dentists Starting or Acquiring a Dental Practice
How to prepare for a merger and acquisition in logistics and transportation
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
An Overview of Private Equity Firm Acquisitions of Medical Practices
Ten Talks: New Pathways for Companies Looking for Capital
Why Corporate Housekeeping and Due Diligence are Serious Business for Businesses
Episode 015: Confessions of a Business Appraiser: A Conversation with Chris Mercer
Episode 1: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 1
Episode 2: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 2
Episode 10: The Marketability Discount Revisited: Interview with Greg Barber
Episode 11: Mediating Business Valuation Disputes: Conversation with Arthur Rosenbloom
When an investor is thinking about betting on an up-and-coming software innovator, what do they look for? We asked, and they answered....more
The classification of a transaction as either a business combination or an asset acquisition for financial reporting purposes has recently received greater attention. The differences between the two types of transactions can...more
As part of the comprehensive “SECURE 2.0” retirement plan legislation enacted in December 2022, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue a long delayed and much needed regulation defining the term...more
Buyout firms have recently used a range of reset tools to incentivise management, requiring careful navigation of legal, tax, and regulatory issues. As buyout firms navigate current pressures on portfolio company...more
Valuations, and how a business reacts to them, directly impact a business’s ability to complete successful transactions. In the healthcare sector, compliance with federal and state laws against self-referral and kickbacks and...more
Increased use of earnouts is likely to facilitate M&A deals across sectors in Europe. Earnouts are increasingly common in European M&A. The growing prevalence of this contractual provision — in which additional...more
GP-led secondary deals — where a sponsor initiates the sale of portfolio companies from a fund it manages to a new fund it also manages — were a prominent feature of the private equity landscape in 2022, encouraged by...more
In another example of successful entertainer turned mogul putting earnings to work in business investments, it was announced that Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Bacardi Ltd. have agreed to settle the long and bitter legal dispute...more
European corporate venture capital teams should reflect on their rights in light of falling valuations, revised exit expectations, and other challenges. This year has been challenging for venture capital (VC). Valuations...more
Most private companies are now well aware that the valuation methods under Code Section 409A are for the purpose of granting Section 409A exempt “stock rights” which include employee stock options with a requirement, among...more
Here are five things to remember when performing the valuation of shares of a closely held entity for gift and estate tax reporting...more
The Bank of England has published the "Dear CFO" letter sent by its Resolution Directorate to the Chief Financial Officers of relevant entities in financial groups within the remit of the BoE's principles-based "Statement of...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Investor Perspectives—Corporate Venture Capital - During January’s QuickLaunch University webinar, Partner David Gammell led a panel discussion of venture...more
In RE Examworks Group Inc. Stockholder Appraisal Litigation, C.A. 12688-VCL (February 21, 2018) - As this decision again points out, a scheduling order is a court order that must be followed or sanctions will be imposed....more
In RE Appraisal Of AOL Inc., C.A. 11204-VCG (February 23, 2018) - This is an important case for its comments on the Dell decision of the Delaware Supreme Court. The Court declined to use the deal price as evidence of the...more
Our Delaware Corporate and Alternative Entity Law attorneys closely followed the opinions coming from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. Our 2016 Year in Review is a collection of brief summaries of selected...more
As counsel to scores of companies in capital raising mode at any point in time, my colleagues and I regularly are asked questions by entrepreneurs regarding the valuations and other terms they should expect to receive from...more
In determining fair value, Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court take cues from deal price. On February 12, 2015, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s ruling in Huff Fund Investment...more
As The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center was gearing up for it’s New Year’s Eve celebration, on December 31, 2014, the Appellate Division (Third Department) handed down a decision in Village Square of Penna, Inc. v Board of...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently entered into an agreement with GreatBanc Trust Company settling claims relating to its service as trustee of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) holding stock of a private company....more