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Blackstone braves frigid debt financing market with $14bn Emerson unit deal

Financial Times M&A

Private equity firm teams up with sovereign wealth funds in buyout of US conglomerate’s climate tech arm

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Pandemic-Related Deal Litigation Highlights Buyer Leverage in Transactions Requiring Debt Financing

Cooley M&A

The decisions from the court on those preliminary matters, as well as the arguments raised by legal counsel, offer some valuable lessons for sellers considering sale transactions that require debt financing, and may motivate sellers to re-evaluate certain provisions and remedies that have become customary in those transactions.

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The 2023-2024 State of the M&A Market for IT Services Firms

IT Valuations

Here are some key takeaways in the state of the market for IT services firms for 2023 and beyond : Demand is there but buyers are nervous. Private equity interest in buying tech firms hasn’t waned much. There has been little impact on the M&A plans of most Private Equity firms.

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AdTheorent Holding Company, Inc. Enters into Agreement to be Acquired by Cadent, LLC for Approximately $324 Million Representing $3.21 Per Share

Benzinga

James Lawson, CEO of AdTheorent, said, "The transaction validates the actions and investments we have made to best position AdTheorent in our target markets since becoming a public company two years ago. Fully committed debt financing in support of the transaction is being provided by Royal Bank of Canada.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

Debt financing is much more common, and the GE firm is often the first institutional investor. Over time, many traditional growth equity firms have shifted to the “growth buyout” category as their assets under management have grown. based firms. At some firms, the answer is “a lot more sourcing.”

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After the “Partner Run”: The Dewey & LeBoeuf Diaspora

Reynolds Holding

offices and (2) every New York City-based lawyer working in M&A, capital markets, debt finance, antitrust, and white-collar defense for Dewey’s peer firms. The rest work mostly as senior counsel in an AmLaw 100 firm, started their own law firms, or are retired or deceased.

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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses Change Healthcare Decision’s Implications for PE Sponsors

Reynolds Holding

Biden-appointed antitrust officials have asserted, unfairly in our view, that private equity firms deserve heightened scrutiny when they engage in corporate transactions. Agency criticism of private equity has just failed its first courtroom test. Opinion at 24-25. Opinion at 27. Opinion at 30. Opinion at 31.