Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Posted by Gregory Pryor and Michael Deyong, White & Case LLP, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Gregory Pryor and Michael Deyong are partners at White & Case LLP. This post is based on their White & Case memorandum. As predicted in our previous M&A report, 2022 has not lived up to the runaway performance of 2021. As activity—still at impressive levels considering everything that has been thrown at the deal market—takes a breather, we consider five fundamental trends

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its slow-motion corporate and technology crisis.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Posted by Daniel Laddin and Louisa Heywood, Compensation Advisory Partners, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Daniel Laddin is a founding partner and Louisa Heywood is an analyst at Compensation Advisory Partners. This post is based on their CAP memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Stealth Compensation via Retirement Benefits and Paying for long-term performance (discussed on the Forum here ) both by Lucian A.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Winning EU consumer goods players are reprioritizing channels and markets to drive online sales, shifting to an online-first playbook, and investing in tech and specialist talent.

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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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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Posted by Stephen M. Bainbridge (UCLA), on Thursday, September 22, 2022 Editor's Note: Stephen M. Bainbridge is the William D. Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. This post is based on his recent paper. Almost two decades ago, the late securities law scholar Larry Ribstein used the then newly adopted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) as a case study of federal regulatory responses to capital market crises.

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LaPorte

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New Orleans CityBusiness, a bi-weekly business publication, has named LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors to the list of ‘Best Places to Work’ for the thirteenth… The post LaPorte Honored Among “Best Places to Work” in 2022 first appeared on LaPorte.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Emerging economies need the private sector to help fund green infrastructure initiatives. Access to public land can be structured to make those investments more attractive.

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N Contracts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Criminals who engage in fraud are some of the most creative people on the planet. Fraudsters are always finding new ways to exploit systems and pull off scams.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Long recognized as a pillar of US energy production, deepwater Gulf of Mexico could help provide the resources the world needs during the energy transition.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Xavier Niel builds up stake in Vodafone while Aveva sold to Schneider amid depressed valuations

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Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Merchant acquirers must act quickly to retain share as small businesses shift to integrated software vendors (ISVs), adopt value-added services, and address customers’ preference for omnichannel commerce.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Delaware Chancery Court has allowed Elon Musk to add Twitter's payment of a late-disclosed, $7.75 million severance payment to a security chief turned whistleblower to counterclaims allegedly justifying his walking away from a $44 billion contract to buy the social media giant.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Being outside and enjoying nature is a key value proposition of the recreational-vehicle industry. Protecting the environment will soon become more important for the industry’s players.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Masayoshi Son will visit Seoul in October to explore tie-up for UK chip designer

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Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union

In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or just getting started, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Machine learning and other analytics tools can improve fraud detection and strategic workforce planning, among other potential benefits.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has brought in a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP litigator with extensive Asia-related experience to be a partner in its San Francisco office.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For the past decade, most venture capital funding in the United States went to three cities, but Steve Case says a convergence of social, technological, and policy factors is rebalancing the scale.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Several European billionaires interested in acquiring French TV business

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New technologies in the healthcare area can lead to major quality-of-life improvements, but require massive investments in data security.

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Midstreet Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you’ve been researching how to sell your business, then you probably know you’ll need some help from a business broker or mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor. Not sure which of those is best for you? Check out our blog on the difference between business brokers and M&A advisors.

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even as the acute threat to lives from the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, the ongoing challenges for the healthcare industry will persist.

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National Law Review M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

International Trade Practice at Squire Patton Boggs Jurisdiction: All Federal Canada United Arab Emirates Type of Law: Mergers & Acquisitions Antitrust & Trade Regulation Global Communications, Media & Internet

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Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The time is ripe for industrial OEMs to rethink their long-held distribution model and rebalance their channel mix.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Raymond James reiterates a Strong Buy rating on UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH ) while raising the price target to $635 from $620 as a U.S. judge gave a green signal for Change Healthcare Inc's (NASDAQ: CHNG ) acquisition. The ruling ended a 21-month fight between UnitedHealth and regulators. The analyst John Ransom writes that the deal is expected to close within ten days of the judge's decision, but DOJ is "evaluating next steps," and there is a slight chance of.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Following a recent Delaware code amendment to allow corporate exculpation of officers, businesses considering whether to update their articles of incorporation accordingly should factor in the potential benefits respecting the availability and cost of directors and officers insurance, say Bryan Coffey and Peter Gillon at Pillsbury.

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Audit Board

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In our Spotlight on Success series, Chris Patrick, Head of Internal Audit at Figure Technologies , shares how his team saved time and streamlined communication touchpoints with business stakeholders by implementing AuditBoard as a single source of truth. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Figure is transforming the trillion–dollar financial services industry using blockchain technology for loan origination, equity management, private fund services, banking, and payments.

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Midstreet Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you’ve been researching how to sell your business, then you probably know you’ll need some help from a business broker or mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor. If you’re not sure which of those two are best for you, check out our blog on the difference between business brokers and M&A advisors.

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Vested

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Do in-person offices really matter? Malcolm Gladwell certainly seems to think so. In a recent interview for the podcast, Diary of a CEO, Gladwell asserted that remote work is actively detrimental to employees’ social and emotional wellbeing. In fact, he even went so far as to say, “It's not in your best interest to work at home. I know it's a hassle to come to the office.

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Henry Horne

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you are reading this, you probably know that a large part of our business is preparing and filing (through electronic filing) tax returns. In other words, we are in the tax return preparation business. Therefore, you may reasonably think that of course we would be skeptical of the $15 million set aside in the Infrastructure … Keep Reading. The post IRS Free File may cost you appeared first on Henry+Horne.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS ) weighs splitting its struggling investment bank business into three parts, which could involve thousands of job cuts as the Swiss bank reshapes its business. The bank has drawn up plans to split its beleaguered investment banking unit, including resurrecting a so-called 'bad bank' to hive off unwanted assets, the Financial Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The U.K. competition regulator gave a green light on Thursday to French construction chemicals company Saint-Gobain's $2.3 billion acquisition of U.S. building materials business GCP Applied Technology, clearing the last major hurdle in completion of the transaction.

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Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

DXC Technology Co (NYSE: DXC ) worked with advisers after receiving takeover interest. At least one private equity firm approached the IT service provider, Bloomberg reported. DXC clocked a 10.5% revenue decline to $3.71 billion in Q1. Full story available on Benzinga.com.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Walsh v. Alight Solutions LLC, 2022 WL 3334450 (7th Cir. 2022). Available at [link]. While investigating alleged cybersecurity breaches at a recordkeeping service provider for employer-sponsored health and retirement plans, the DOL issued a subpoena requesting a broad range of materials, including all “documents and communications relating to services offered to ERISA plan clients.

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Henry Horne

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

My oldest daughter recently got engaged to be married. This was so exciting in a variety of ways. I know that she and her fiancé loved when I sat them down and explained the realities of taxation as a newly married couple. Who knew weddings and taxes go together! Don’t miss: Tax relief for victims … Keep Reading. The post Daughters, weddings and taxes appeared first on Henry+Horne.

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