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More Than Exceptions: Disclosure Schedules as a Value-Protection Tool in Transactions
[co-author: Solana Roitman]* In any significant transaction, whether a merger or acquisition, private equity investment, or private credit financing, a handful of documents take priority, but none more than the primary transaction agreement. Countless hours are spent drafting, revising, and negotiating its specific provisions. However, the document that underlies and supports those negotiated provisions is often left on the backburner: the disclosure schedules.
More Than Exceptions: Disclosure Schedules as a Value-Protection Tool in Transactions
In any significant transaction, whether a merger or acquisition, private equity investment, or private credit financing, a handful of documents take priority, but none more than the primary transaction agreement. Countless hours are spent drafting, revising, and negotiating its specific provisions. However, the document that underlies and supports those negotiated provisions is often left on the backburner: the disclosure schedules.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … an Exit: Governance, People, and the Exit Process
Editor’s note: This article is Part 3 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit. In this Part, we discuss governance, human capital, and process-oriented dimensions: aligning stakeholders, retaining key personnel, packaging due diligence materials, and navigating regulatory clearance.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … an Exit: Legal, Structural & Compliance Prep
Editor’s note: This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit.
What to Expect When You're Expecting ... an Exit: Financial & Tax Readiness | JD Supra
Editor's note: This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit. Part 2 will discuss Legal, Structural, and Compliance Preparation, and Part 3 will examine Governance, People, and the Exit Process. The exit is the culmination of the private equity investment thesis, but a successful exit depends on preparation long before a company goes to market.
Private Credit Is Booming—and Is Now Squarely in Regulators’ Sights | JD Supra
Private credit continues to assume mandates once dominated by banks, fueled by insurer capital and bank-provided facilities. Regulators in the United States and European Union are intensifying their scrutiny of funding sources, liquidity, disclosure, and risk transfer. These evolving dynamics are already impacting certainty of funds, pricing, and deal documentation.
Private Credit Is Booming-and Is Now Squarely in Regulators’ Sights
Private credit continues to assume mandates once dominated by banks, fueled by insurer capital and bank-provided facilities. Regulators in the United States and European Union are intensifying their scrutiny of funding sources, liquidity, disclosure, and risk transfer. These evolving dynamics are already impacting certainty of funds, pricing, and deal documentation.
The Forecast Calls For Sun: What New Administration's First 30 Days Means for Solar Industry | JD Supra
February 19, 2025 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: United States policy surrounding renewable energy has fluctuated significantly as administrations change; President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House in 1978, and President Ronald Reagan removed the panels in 1986. Those who have worked in the renewable energy industry anticipate these fluctuations and adapt their plans to accommodate them.
Capturing the sun: The effects of state Prompt Payment Acts on solar construction
This article originally appeared on DarrowEverett’s site and is shared with permission. As the energy sector continues to expand, developers and contractors looking to expand their footprint are crossing state lines to construct energy projects. This is a good strategy for applying the same, successful strategies to a broader prospective customer base.
Capturing the Sun: State Prompt Payment Acts' Effects on Solar Construction | JD Supra
As the energy sector continues to expand, developers and contractors looking to expand their footprint are crossing state lines to construct energy projects. This is a good strategy for applying the same, successful strategies to a broader prospective customer base. However, while there are issues faced uniquely by energy project developers, the construction contracts for energy projects are subject to the same limitations as construction contracts for other types of development.
Foreign Entity Qualification Requirements: New York, Florida, and Massachusetts
What Constitutes “Doing Business”? In New York, the corporation and limited liability company laws have substantially the same parameters for determining whether a foreign entity needs to register with the Secretary of State to do business.
Foreign Entity Qualification Requirements: New York, Florida, and Massachusetts | JD Supra
For many founders, business formation in Delaware is preferrable regardless of where the business plans to operate. There are many reasons for that, including preferable corporate taxes, business friendly laws and regulations, and favorable legal precedent. It can also be beneficial to form in Delaware because so many entities do — it makes Delaware like the metric system of entity formation in that it creates a more coherent and consistent process for those that use it.
Should Solar Developers Pursue Community Solar? Incentives Can Be Key | JD Supra
With the proliferation of renewable energy and sustainable technologies, individuals of every income range have tried to find ways to benefit from the technological advances. Those who have the resources and interest may purchase an electric vehicle; those who want to minimize their carbon footprint may use more efficient heating and lighting; but those who want to lower their utility bill are stuck with two options — install your own solar system or purchase energy from a solar power project.
Lessons For Founders From Sam Altman’s Short-Lived OpenAI Ouster | JD Supra
We’ve all read countless headlines and articles about the removal and swift return of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI over the past several weeks.
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