Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 1, 2022

Posted by Daniel E. Wolf, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Sunday, May 1, 2022 Editor's Note: Daniel E. Wolf is partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. This post is based on a Kirkland & Ellis memorandum by Mr. Wolf, Edward J. Lee , Shaun J. Mathew , Evan Johnson , and Arjun Karthikeyan. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism by Lucian Bebchuk, Alon Brav, and Wei Jiang (discussed on the Forum here ); Dancing with Activists by

133

133

Financial Times M&A

MAY 1, 2022

One of the UK’s biggest commercial landlords is selling out of offices in the capital and reinvesting in regional developments

96

96

NYT M&A

MAY 1, 2022

The U.S. economy shrinks, but still shows it’s still resilient. The Fed meets this week and is expected to approve a larger-than-usual rate increase.

Mergers & Acquisitions 75

Mergers & Acquisitions 75

Reynolds Holding

MAY 1, 2022

The new rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022, would, if adopted, have far-reaching effects on investment banks involved in business combination transactions involving SPACs. The proposed rules aim to remove perceived disparities in disclosures and investor protections as between traditional initial public offerings and de-SPAC transactions. [1] In this update, we focus on how the proposed rules may impact inv

Banking 58

Banking Discounted Cash Flow Finance Equity 58

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.

Marketability

NYT M&A

MAY 1, 2022

The U.S. economy shrinks, but still shows it’s still resilient. The Fed meets this week and is expected to approve a larger-than-usual rate increase.

Mergers & Acquisitions 65

Mergers & Acquisitions 65

Reynolds Holding

MAY 1, 2022

How does the possibility of being taken over affect the disclosure of information by the management of the target firm? This has been a question of considerable interest in the accounting and finance literature because transparency is very important for a well-functioning takeover market. Whereas some argue that a target firm’s management will withhold information to increase the acquirer’s uncertainty about firm value and deter the takeover, others argue that the management will increase disclo

Marketability 75

Marketability Firm Value Finance 75