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This CLE course will guide M&A counsel concerning key private equity M&A transaction deal terms such as rollover equity, earnouts, seller paper, reverse break-up fees, and representation and warranty insurance.

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Description

Our panel of experienced private equity M&A practitioners will discuss recent developments in private equity M&A deal terms, including current market provisions and evolving trends.

Counsel advising buyers and sellers in private equity M&A transactions must be knowledgeable about these developments to advise their clients effectively. Counsel should determine the most suitable and tailored deal terms for the transaction documents for their deals.

Listen as our panel of M&A practitioners reviews the latest trends in M&A deal terms where a private equity firm, as a buyer or a seller, has significant control or leverage over the transaction process. The panel will discuss best practices for negotiating provisions regarding rollover equity, the growth-through-acquisition strategy, earnouts, debt financing and seller paper, reverse break-up fees, and representation and warranty insurance in private equity M&A deals.

Outline

  1. Current trends in private equity M&A deals
  2. Best practices for negotiating deal terms: buyer and seller perspectives
    1. Rollover equity
    2. Growth-through-acquisition strategies
    3. Earnouts
    4. Debt financing and seller paper
    5. Reverse break-up fees
    6. Representation and warranty insurance

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What are the most recent developments and trends for practitioners to consider when doing private equity M&A deals?
  • What are the deal terms that buyers and sellers in private equity M&A deals are most frequently negotiating, and what are the buyer-favorable and seller-favorable versions of those deal terms?
  • What are some best practices for counsel on both sides of the deal when structuring and negotiating private equity M&A deals?