FE International

MARCH 27, 2020

FE International’s 409A Valuation Service offers an appraisal of the fair market value of your company’s common stock. As the principal tool for navigating a lucrative and successful sale, a valuation will need to be reliable. This is particularly true for mid-market businesses. What is a 409A Valuation?

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Sun M&A

OCTOBER 26, 2017

When pursuing the sale of your company, it is important to be prepared. Improperly addressing certain questions can change the tone of meetings, cause major concerns and even chase a buyer away. Never fabricate answers even if you perceive the truthful answers to be a “negative” toward selling your business.

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Shephard Mullin M&A

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As anyone who follows the industry can tell you, mergers and acquisitions activity in the aerospace and defense industry has remained robust over the past decade. Accordingly, this factor may affect the structure of your transaction. In 2019 alone, there were 460 corporate acquisitions in this sector.

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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. M&A Terms Every Business Owner Should Know. Most business owners only experience selling their company once.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

In this post, I will take a look at these other markets, starting with a way of dividing investments into assets, commodities, currencies and collectibles that I find useful in thinking about what I can (and cannot) do in those markets, and then reviewing how these markets performed during 2020.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Why would a company that derives its value from short term rentals by people who travel want to go public, when a out-of-control virus is causing its business to shut down? In this section, I will start with a brief history of the company, move on to reviewing its financials leading into 2020, and then look at how it has performed in 2020.

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IBG Business

MAY 31, 2023

Understanding the traits common to each buyer category can help sellers level the playing field in a business sale of any size. Individual buyers are in it for their personal benefit. Individual buyers are in it for their personal benefit. INDIVIDUAL BUYERS Their Traits.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It has been an unsettling summer for anyone with a stake in the movie, television and broadcasting businesses. To add to the angst, the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) overhangs almost every aspect of the business, and is one of the contested issues in the strike.

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Viking Mergers

APRIL 29, 2022

This has left a less-than-pleasant impression on most small to midsize business owners, and that is unfortunately a real disservice. Or perhaps an owner simply wishes to diversify their portfolio so that their net worth is not tied to a single business. Benefits of Selling to a Private Equity Group. Industry Expertise.

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These are nice sales pitches, but the reality is quite different. Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits. Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

In short, I will argue that a bet on Zomato is as much a bet on the company’s business model, as it is a bet on Indian consumers not only acquiring more buying power and digital access, but also changing their eating behavior.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 25, 2021

In a recent Thomson Reuters webinar, a panel of indirect tax experts discussed what companies interested in expanding their tax automation capabilities can expect at each stage of their technological journey, including the challenges and obstacles they may need to overcome. The 3 levels of indirect tax automation.

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 17, 2023

Seemingly every MBA student wants to get into one of these industries, and when you combine them, the hype tends to multiply. Two of the biggest tech PE firms, Silver Lake and Vista, were founded in 1999 – 2000, partially as contrarian bets on the sector. But all that started to change during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. To determine whether a dual-track process is right for your company, consider these six key questions: 1.

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