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What’s the best way to a billion: M&A or IPO?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 30 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for some time, you’ll recall the exchange in The Social Network between Sean Parker, Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin: “this is no time to take your chips down. A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”

There’s some optimism out there survey of private equity and venture capital professionals finds a positive investment climate in Canada

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 25 2011

Despite challenging capital markets and general economic uncertainty, signs point to increasing optimism among the Canadian private equity and venture capital investing community, according to a recent survey conducted jointly by McCarthy Tétrault and the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA

M&a deal terms what’s market?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 28 2011

There’s an ever-growing list of reports and studies that collect, analyze and scrutinize various deal terms and other aspects of M&A transactions or at least it feels that way

Private equity co-investor strategy trips up JLL Partners’ bid for Patheon

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 30 2009

On December 8, 2008, JLL Partners, a US-based private equity group, announced its intention to make a cash take-over bid offer, through a subsidiary, to purchase "any and all" of the restricted voting shares of Patheon Inc

Private equity fund terms expect a shift in focus

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2009

As with other sectors of global capital markets, private equity fund formation has been impacted by the credit crisis and economic downturn

Recent provincial initiatives in support of venture capital in Canada

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2009

Venture capital in Canada has faced significant funding challenges in recent years

Assessing the impact of recent M&A deal turmoil: thoughts for boards of directors

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 27 2009

For private equity and other M&A transactions dependent on significant leverage, the credit crisis commenced in the summer of 2007

As the dust begins to settle: assessing the impact of recent M&A deal turmoil

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • February 24 2009

For a number of years leading up to early 2007, we saw record growth in mergers and acquisitions activity both in North America and beyond