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F-Reorgs: How Buyers’ and Sellers’ Favorite ‘F Word’ Optimizes M&A and Private Equity Transactions Involving S Corporations

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In M&A and private equity transactions, buyers and sellers are consistently looking for ways to maximize value, which requires a critical focus on structuring the transaction in a tax-efficient manner. This pursuit of tax...more

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What is a ‘Drag-Along’?

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You’ve just received a term sheet for your Series A financing, and it mentions a “drag-along.” What does this mean, and should you be concerned about it?...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Summer 2023

Short sellers make their money by publishing information that attacks a company in order to drive down its share price. How can a company prepare? And what should it not do in the face of a short attack? We offer some tips in...more

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Cultural Alignment in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Key to Successful Integration

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The iconic management theorist Peter Drucker made famous the notion that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In other words, the culture of your company is correlated more closely to your company’s ultimate value and...more

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Ten Takeaways for Private M&A Sellers and Buyers in Canada from Recent Court Decision

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A private M&A purchase agreement customarily includes extensive representations and warranties and indemnification provisions. Post-closing, if the buyer alleges a breach of those provisions claiming significant damages, and...more

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Notable decisions from Delaware courts

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Williams: Court of Chancery Finds Poison Pill Unenforceable - In February, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a shareholder rights plan (a "poison pill") adopted by The Williams Companies, Inc. at the onset of the...more

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Distressed or insolvent M&A: navigating the pitfalls and opportunities

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Opportunities to acquire distressed or insolvent businesses look set to accelerate later this year. What should buyers be thinking about? One of the surprising features of the pandemic, given the damage it has caused to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Q&A: Directors’ Delaware Law Questions During the Pandemic

Skadden partner Edward Micheletti, who heads the litigation practice of the firm’s Wilmington office, answers common Delaware law questions facing boards of directors during the COVID-19 crisis....more

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2019 Half-year in review: M&A legal and market developments

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We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more

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Delaware Court Confirms High Bar To Escape Deal

Two recent Delaware Chancery Court opinions, issued on October 25 and November 9, 2013, illustrate the high bar that buyers and sellers must clear to escape an unfavorable deal or obtain a court order requiring a deal to...more

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