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Keeping Up With M&A Case Law – Spotlight on Recent Delaware Decisions

Cooley M&A

Despite the thin allegations on the topic by plaintiffs (given the lack of board minutes and similar materials), the court found that the facts and circumstances surrounding the combination – and the defensive effect of the provisions of the stockholders’ agreement –support this conclusion. .;

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The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity

Brian DeChesare

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count. Why Did PE Firms Start Buying Tech Companies?

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Mergers and Acquisitions–2022 and 2023

Reynolds Holding

billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware and Adobe’s $20 billion acquisition of Figma, as well as a number of large private equity-backed deals, including the $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital, Zendesk’s $10.2

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