Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 2)
Mergers and Acquisitions - Key Issues in Today's M&A Deals
Jeff Bell Video Law Bulletin: Unusual Purchase Price Methodologies in M&A Transactions
Assessments, Condos vs. Town Homes
Yahoo's $30 Million May Be 'Underpay' for Summly's D'Aloisio
The Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study (“the Study”) is published on a bi-annual basis by the Market Trends Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s M&A Committee, which I am happy to serve on. The...more
Despite a recent slowdown in global M&A activity, the private M&A market in both the US and the UK remains intensely competitive due to an abundance of available capital. As a consequence, and in order to present potential...more
The ABA Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study is published on a bi-annual basis. The 2021 Deal Points Study (the “Study”) analyzed 123 publicly available purchase agreements executed and closed in 2020 and...more
An “earnout” is a deal mechanism used in a merger and acquisition transaction (“M&A Transaction”) which structures the terms upon which a buyer agrees to pay additional consideration to the seller after the closing of the M&A...more
Does increased appraisal risk have an effect on manager behavior? Recent research (unpublished) suggests it does. In this paper (earlier version), the author examines target manager disclosure behavior before and after the...more
It is readily apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on transactional activity—at least in the short term—for both buyers and sellers across a range of industries. Whether parties are still moving forward with...more
Merger agreements typically include post-closing purchase price adjustment provisions. A net working capital, or NWC, adjustment, for example, increases or decreases the purchase price post-closing based on a comparison of...more
In Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. v. Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to permit the purchaser of a business to recover a working capital shortfall as a result of a purchase price...more