M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 31, 2022

Register Now. Corporate Development Leads – Those accountable to the executive committee or deal team for overall strategy execution, end-to-end M&A operations, internal capability development, and ensuring completion of the deal thesis objectives and synergies. Course Summary. The course is a total of 10.5 Discount Type.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Because when dealing with hud reo appraisal requests through the current mm awardee, the appraiser no longer is badgered by unrelated amc and lender companies representing a new buyer, at a later date to provide final inspection forms for discounted rates. Situations like that.

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Lighter Capital

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It should create a new kind of financial visibility that generates maximum efficiency and cost savings so finance teams can finally become the strategic business partners they really want to be. This combination of FinOps and automation should be leading a complete financial transformation. By Geoff Charles, Head of Product, Ramp.

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M&A Leadership Council

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Register Now. Corporate Development Leads – Those accountable to the executive committee or deal team for overall strategy execution, end-to-end M&A operations, internal capability development, and ensuring completion of the deal thesis objectives and synergies. Course Summary. The course is a total of 10.5 Discount Type.

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Shephard Mullin M&A

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Agencies now need to review and address the several hundred public comments before adopting the final rule. The Agencies now need to review and address the several hundred public comments before adopting the final rule. Our previous analysis of the NPRM is covered here.

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Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 3, 2024

The markets in 2023 were almost a complete reversal of 2022, and hardly anyone – me included – saw it coming. On the other hand, I was only down 9% in 2022 vs. a 19% drop for the S&P, so both the index and my portfolio are now back to “early 2022” numbers. But my real estate investment funds were down ~10% , which hurt.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 3, 2024

Nobody can challenge these diktats because they are not final agency action, but compliance is mandatory for an entity wishing to avoid SEC delays, denials, and enforcement and examination scrutiny. It is good to be back at SEC Speaks and to know that the content shared here today is available for anyone who may wish to access it.

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Firm-Specific and Process Questions – What do you think about our portfolio? Look around online, and you will quickly discover that most coverage of venture capital interview questions is junk. No Right or Wrong Answers – Some technical questions have correct answers, but many market and investment ones do not. Which market is attractive?

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 4, 2022

What about the $12.5 These two companies are now linked financially. I don’t think this deal is completely crazy, but I would say it is moderately crazy. As is usually the case, everyone wants to talk about Elon Musk and his latest antics – and this time, the antics consist of his Twitter buyout for a cool ~$44 billion.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 20, 2022

Now that the market has had a major correction and we’ve seen many SPAC deals play out, I wanted to look back and see if my views have changed. 21:18: Part 5: What Happens Next in SPAC Land? 21:18: Part 5: What Happens Next in SPAC Land? 9:03: Part 2: SPAC vs IPO: Performance. 12:42: Part 3: SPAC vs IPO in Excel.

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FE International

MARCH 23, 2022

This article is part of our Valuation by Business Model series, in which we provide you with information on what makes your particular business model unique when it comes to SaaS business valuation. What Can You Do to Increase The Value of Your SaaS? How To Value a Business. Finding The Multiple. The Valuation Spectrum.

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

I am not a prolific user of social media platforms, completely inactive on Facebook and a casual lurker on LinkedIn, but I do use Twitter occasionally, and have done so for a long time, with my first tweet in April 2009, making me ancient by Twitter standards. My forecasted revenues for 2023 of $11.2 But the story continues.

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Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I will provide a few lists and guidelines here, but I want to take a slightly different angle and explain the “why” and the “what next” parts. In other words, what do you do differently in the recruiting process if you’re not at a target school? Definitions: What are “Investment Banking Target Schools”?

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 8, 2023

And since it’s both specialized and potentially very lucrative , it’s worth discussing separately: What Are Commodity Hedge Funds, and What is “Commodity Trading”? And since it’s both specialized and potentially very lucrative , it’s worth discussing separately: What Are Commodity Hedge Funds, and What is “Commodity Trading”?

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 27, 2024

Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. What Do You Do in a Spring Week? What If You Don’t Win a Summer Internship? Canada, or Latin America, and in continental Europe, you normally go to London to complete the spring week. Spring weeks are mostly “a thing” in the U.K.,

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Also, there are still misconceptions about the financial modeling in the group, the hours, the exit opportunities, and other topics, so this updated article will address all of those: Definitions: What is Public Finance Investment Banking? One of the more controversial industry groups is public finance investment banking.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 31, 2024

Next year, the U.S. Moab Partners LP,[1] a closely followed case that ought to address whether a purported failure to make a disclosure required under Item 303 of U.S. Based on data from Cornerstone Research through Sept. While filing levels remained consistent from 2021 to 2023, their composition changed.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 14, 2021

Time Trends in Reporting Publicly traded firms have always had to report their results to their shareholders, but over time, the requirements on what they need to report, and how accessible those reports are to the public (including non-shareholders) has shifted.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 9, 2021

The bankers, in addition to doing a roadshow where they market the company to investors, also price” the company for the offering, having tested out what investors are willing to pay, and guarantee that they will deliver that price, all in return for underwriting commissions. What is a SPAC?

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 15, 2024

What should I expect? These are great questions, so I’ll cover them in this article, starting with what the team does: Table Of Contents What is “Private Equity Value Creation?” What Does the Private Equity Value Creation Team Do in Real Life? Are these good opportunities? Why is PE Value Creation Suddenly “Hot”?

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Class VI Partner

JULY 28, 2021

Learn the common terminology for M&A transactions Understand the complexity of M&A transactions Learn the next steps you should take if you are preparing to sell your business. Want to get a sense for what it takes to sell your company? or expenses that a buyer should not expect to incur after closing (e.g.,

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 20, 2022

But IB summer internship recruiting has become far more competitive, everything starts earlier, and full-time recruiting for non-interns is close to “endangered species” status. they didn’t win an offer – and most of these large banks are now done with recruiting. The “application open date” at most banks in the U.S.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

I spent the first week of 2021 in the same way that I have spent the first week of every year since 1995, collecting data on publicly traded companies and analyzing how they navigated the cross currents of the prior year, both in operating and market value terms. I knew that this year would be more challenging than most other years, for two reasons.

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IBG Business

MARCH 16, 2023

When we asked what he knew about the buyer, he chuckled and said, “Well, they are really good at running a trip to Tahiti.” When we asked what he knew about the buyer, he chuckled and said, “Well, they are really good at running a trip to Tahiti.” Finally, they come back with ‘a problem’ – something really trivial.

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M&A Leadership Council

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In our experience with different types, sizes, and experience levels of acquirers over the years, we have found that most IMO playbooks fall short, both in what they should contain and more importantly, what they can accomplish. . and then align on the next steps and requirements. . Each is described in further detail below.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 22, 2023

Each advisor firm had its own proprietary due diligence checklist and closing requirements, which the junior associate was instructed to follow without exception. This practice is common. In one recent client engagement, the client had several highly experienced due diligence teams, including engineering, procurement, and IT.

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 23, 2022

Virtual – Finally, with interviews and applications going virtual and a seemingly never-ending pandemic and ongoing social weirdness, banks now host information sessions online as well. In theory , investment banking information sessions are a great way to meet bankers, make your case, and gain an advantage in the recruiting process.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

I will start this post with a couple of confessions. The first is that my portfolio has held up well this year, in a market that has been top-heavy and tech-driven, and one big reason is that it contains both NVIDIA and Microsoft, two companies that have benefited from the AI story.

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 13, 2023

In this “emergency article,” I’ll cover: Exactly what happened , including some points I haven’t seen mentioned elsewhere. However, the ratios got completely skewed with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) because it accepted far more deposits than it knew what to do with. It’s the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. But the U.S.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After years of rumors of an imminent IPO, Instacart has finally filed for a public offering of it’s shares, aspiring to raise about $600 million from markets, at a pricing of about $9-$10 billion for its equity.

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ThomsonReuters

MARCH 19, 2024

What if a sales tax audit needs to be appealed? What happens after the audit, win or lose Sales tax audits may be an unfortunate fact of corporate life, but not all audits are the same. How should you prepare for an audit defense? How can automation help in an audit defense? Both options require another set of decisions.

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Audit Board

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we will introduce you to the basics of compliance audits , break down various types, and give some firsthand advice on what to expect and how to successfully navigate a compliance audit. What Is a Compliance Audit? Results in some kind of final deliverable, like a report, an assessment, or an audit opinion.

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 13, 2022

What do a burned-out investment banker, an avid member of r/WallStreetBets , a retired couple in Florida, and Bill Ackman all have in common? The basic idea is simpler than other hedge fund strategies , but it gets more complex when you think about the entire portfolio and risk management: What is Long/Short Equity?

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

What Is an App? This involves two main channels of understanding, which we will cover in this post: what goes into building and running an app, and what factors are taken into consideration when it comes time to value the app for sale. What should your considerations be as you think about building a new product?

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 16, 2023

FTC , a unanimous Supreme Court held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the structure of the SEC’s and FTC’s administrative adjudication proceedings before those proceedings become final. Administrative Adjudication. Our prior memo on the case is here.)

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This mid-year update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation in the first half of 2022: I. Filing And Settlement Trends. SPAC and crypto-related filings continue to be a focus of plaintiffs’ attorneys, even as the nature of these suits continues to evolve. A. Filing Trends.

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ThomsonReuters

MARCH 23, 2021

Strategies and tips to help you prepare for the next tax season. Now that you’ve successfully closed the books on a difficult tax year, it’s time to prepare for the next tax season and a successful year-end close. Follow these steps to complete the preplanning phase: Identify all users. What didn’t?

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