The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds, which govern when acquisitions must be reported to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, will increase slightly more than 10% in February 2023. The minimum “size-of-transaction” threshold will increase from $101 million to…
You’re invited to be part of a brand new in-person, experiential course offered by the M&A Leadership Council: The Art of M&A® for Integration Leaders: Collaborative Forum. This is a hands-on working session for senior-level corporate development, M&A, and integration…
Although 2022 saw a general decline in M&A activity in the life sciences industry compared to 2021’s frenetic pace (when deal volume was up 52% from 2020), life sciences deal flow in 2022 on balance remained strong despite the headwinds.…
Tech M&A in 2022 was a tale of two halves. The year started off with a bang, with mega-deals such as Microsoft’s pending $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and Broadcom’s pending $61…
The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”).[1] On December 27, 2022, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and…
On November 8 and 9, Cooley and the Berkeley Center for Law and Business presented the 2022 Berkeley Fall Forum on Corporate Governance. The two-day event featured panel discussions on a range of topics, including emerging trends in M&A and capital…
On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a funding bill into law that includes provisions that significantly change the filing fees for mergers & acquisitions notifiable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. For transactions valued at more than $5 billion,…
Privacy and cybersecurity practices of target companies are being increasingly scrutinized throughout the due diligence process in M&A transactions. Particularly, buyers want to understand the risk and value inherent in sellers’ data assets and sellers want to manage transactional and…
Cooley’s M&A practice has been busy amid the typically slower summer wind down. Steaming through the third quarter, Cooley’s deal flow put us at the top of the Bloomberg, Mergermarket and Refinitiv Q3 M&A league tables. Below, we’ve rounded up…
On September 28, 2022, Cooley sponsored the third virtual event in Axios’ Dealmakers series: A Conversation on M&A in Today’s Market. The event highlighted discussions surrounding the ever-changing dealmaking landscape of today and the impact of a recession on the…
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