Cooley M&A

AUGUST 25, 2021

A recently published article by UC Davis School Law Professor Afra Afsharipour, “ Women and M&A ,” shows that of the 20 firms handling the most significant public M&A transactions from 2014 to 2020, Cooley is the only firm with equal gender representation in leading roles across such deals. “The outlier position is a testament to how our M&A team has led the practice – and the industry – with grit and talent over many years,” said Joe Conroy, Cooley’s chairman and chief executive off

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Essentials of Corporate Finance

AUGUST 25, 2021

China has recently asserted more control over private companies in that country. Now, the SEC is threatening to not approve new company listings for companies based in China and possibly delist currently listed NYSE and Nasdaq companies based in China. Most Chinese companies do give direct ownership, but often use the variable interest entity structure (VIE).

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 25, 2021

Not all companies think about indirect tax automation in the same way, and different companies are at different stages in their technological journey. According to the 2021 State of the Corporate Tax Department report by Thomson Reuters Institute only one-quarter of the companies surveyed already have robust indirect tax automation tools and practices in place, while others are just beginning their tax digitalization journey.

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Essentials of Corporate Finance

AUGUST 25, 2021

If you are not familiar with a Ponzi scheme , it is generally a fraud in which early investors are paid out from contributions made by later investors. The Ponzi scheme usually ends when new investments dry up. A recent article on CFO.com highlights how to avoid a Ponzi scheme. We would like to make sure you read one particular concept, that is, "high returns with little or no risk.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Essentials of Corporate Finance

AUGUST 25, 2021

Fidelity Investments recently hired Gilbert Haddad to head the company's decision science area. The data gathered from the new initiative is ".really like applying behavioral finance and behavioral science to understand” what the portfolio managers and analysts are good at or not. The data will also be used to "help them understand their own biases" in the investments made by the manager to help them avoid bad behavioral decisions.

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