All Entries Tagged With: "mergers and acquisitions (M&As)"
John J. Maalouf: How to Select M&A Advisors
In Part 1, M&A Exits: Sell-Side M&A Process, we briefly discussed IPO and M&A exits for angel investors while John J. Maalouf, one of the “Nation’s Top 10 International Trade & Finance Lawyers,” walked us through the sell-side M&A process for a small fictitious company called AppleSoft, whose valuation lies below US$50 million. According to [...]
Angel Investing: Early Exits via M&As
According to The Deal, “M&A accounted for 70% of the angel investment exits [in 2008], while bankruptcies made up 26% and IPOs 4%.” In a down economy, valuations drop and some companies see it as an opportunity to snap up smaller competitors or to bargain-hunt for startups that are strategically valuable to the acquiring company. [...]
International Law Expert John J. Maalouf Part I: Investment Practices in the Chinese Market
Recently, Venture Hype caught up with John J. Maalouf, a globally recognized legal expert who’s been ranked by the United States Lawyer Rankings as one of the “Nation’s Top 10 International Trade & Finance Lawyers” – four years in a row in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Maalouf has also received the highest recognition for [...]
The Art of the Buyout: Or How to Collect Your Money
One of my favorite scenes of the 1983 Monty Python classic “The Meaning of Life” comes in the very beginning. In fact, the scene is technically a whole separate mini-movie unto itself. It’s about the Permanent Assurance Company, which is depicted as a boardroom full of very old, crotchety men. The gist of the story [...]
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