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At a Glance Initial Public Offerings 2023

An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the initial offering by a company of a class of its equity securities, usually with a contemporaneous listing of that class of securities on a national securities exchange....more

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Navigating the Rise of UK Class Actions Implications for Private Equity

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As collective redress actions rise, sponsor and corporate statements are under high scrutiny, with an industry developing to take advantage....more

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UK Takeover Panel Proposes Narrowing the Scope of Companies Subject to the Takeover Code

On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more

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Newly Proposed Regulations on Stock Buyback Excise Tax Largely Adopt Approach From Initial IRS Guidance

On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829) on the excise tax on stock buybacks enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction...more

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Challenges remain but IPO outlook brightens

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Global IPO markets have had a comparatively positive start to 2024 after a challenging year. Investors and IPO candidates hope that stable interest rates and pent-up demand will support an increasing flow of IPO activity in...more

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Private Capital Remains an Attractive Alternative for Many Companies

Private credit and other forms of private capital have emerged as attractive alternatives to traditional bank loans and capital market offerings for many companies. These sources of funds were critical in recent years when...more

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FCA Preserves Key Tool for Activists in Listing Rules Reform

Activist shareholders had a busy 2023: The incidence of activist campaigns in Europe soared by almost 70% compared to 2022, according to data compiled by Skadden and Activistmonitor. As we described in a previous issue of The...more

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UK Listing Rules reforms: FCA proposals for updated significant and related party transactions, and reverse takeovers

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This publication is one of several Allen & Overy publications on the FCA’s Consultation Paper (CP23/31), setting out its detailed proposals for listing rules reforms as part of its Primary Markets Effectiveness Review... ...more

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FCA publishes proposals for new UK Listing regime for commercial companies

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Today the FCA has published its Consultation Paper (CP23/31) setting out its detailed proposals for listing rules reforms as part of its Primary Markets Effectiveness Review. This is the first of two consultations on the...more

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UK Public M&A – Four Predictions for ’24

In this update, we provide four predictions for the UK public M&A landscape in 2024, considering key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public takeovers announced during 2023....more

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Search for scale and specialist expertise point to increased dealmaking among asset managers

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Fundraising challenges, higher financing costs, market volatility and an ever-tighter regulatory environment are upping the pressure for M&A among asset managers. Those drivers, however, apply differently depending on which...more

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Global M&A Insights: Deal-making predictions for 2024

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Welcome to our year-end edition of M&A Insights, where we preview some of the themes we expect to shape deal-making over the next 12 months. Continued volatility in the debt markets has resulted in another subdued year for...more

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2023 Mid-Year Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 2023 Mid-Year Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report presents analysis related to 87 private investments in public equity (PIPEs) and registered direct offerings (RDOs) by...more

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Connecting the Pieces and Filling the Gaps

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“The market is missing things, and we are not at our true value” is a common refrain we hear from company executives, both public and private equity-backed. Investors may not fully understand a small, but growing part of the...more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2023

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq during the first half of 2023. Global Market Update - ...more

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Project W: Q&A with Jennifer Steiner

Jennifer Steiner has spent her entire career in the healthcare services sector: at Fortune 100 companies, private equity backed companies, and now at her own private equity backed startup. Jennifer shares her experience...more

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Insights – June 2023

This edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights looks at the latest trends in shareholder activism, the scrutiny companies are facing over their ESG disclosures and employment considerations for using AI in the workplace, among...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 9: Demystifying ESG Benchmarking with Novata’s Alex Friedman

In this episode of Private Market Talks, CEO and co-founder of Novata, Alex Friedman helps contextualize the evolving conversation around ESG and demystifies how companies and their investors assess ESG compliance and goals....more

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Tax Court Holds Indirect Grant of Profits Interest To Be Non-Taxable, Citing IRS Guidance

On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court upheld a taxpayer’s reliance on Revenue Procedure 93-27 to characterize as a profits interest a partnership interest granted in exchange for services that were provided indirectly for the...more

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DOJ Antitrust Announces Five More Director Resignations from US Company Boards in Continued Aggressive Clayton Act Section 8...

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The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice ("DOJ") continues to aggressively pursue alleged illegal interlocking directorates that violate Section 8 of the Clayton Act, and in particular, interlocks involving...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

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The Basics of P2P Acquisition Financing

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A public-to-private transaction ("P2P") is one in which a publicly listed company is acquired and taken into private ownership. Because they involve changes in ownership of public companies, P2Ps are subject to various...more

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IPEM 2022 | Key Takeaways

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After an insightful conference in Cannes, our partners have compiled some of the key takeaways from IPEM 2022. As well as exploring the private equity landscape in the UK, Germany, France and Italy, we also explore the...more

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Seven Corporate Directors Resign: DOJ Ramps Enforcement Against Board Members Serving on Competitors’ Boards

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WHAT HAPPENED - • Seven directors resigned from corporate boards following promises of enforcement of Clayton Act Section 8 (15 U.S.C. § 19) by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division (the Division), the...more

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A disappointing sequel? Hong Kong court dismisses challenge to SFC restriction notice regime

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The Court of First Instance has dismissed a judicial review application against certain provisions in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (SFO) which empower the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to issue...more

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