Navigating successful exits in private equity to maximize returns
Over the past year, rising interest rates and stifling market conditions have contributed to a slowdown of leveraged transactions and overall deal-making in private equity. We’ve seen a historically deep decline in exits that poses a potential long-lasting drag on […]
From vision to valuation: Empowering emerging companies with simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs)
Start-ups and emerging companies are always seeking future investment opportunities. In recent years, a financing alternative called simple agreements for future equity (“SAFEs“) has gained popularity and proven useful for emerging companies when conducting their early-stage raises. SAFEs offer an […]
Myron Mallia-Dare and Christopher Fallis publish article on Private Equity
Myron Mallia-Dare and Christopher Fallis’ article on “Structuring Co-Investments in Private Equity: Collaborating for Success” is featured in the American Bar Association’s Business Law: Co-investments in private equity are joint investments made by two or more investors, typically including a […]
Myron Mallia-Dare and Brandon Meyer publish article on technology M&A
Myron Mallia-Dare and Brandon Meyer’s article on “Critical Issues in Technology M&A: What Buyers Should Consider When Acquiring Technology Companies” is featured in the American Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee Deal Points, Spring 2023 issue (subscription required). Read the […]
Structuring co-investments in private equity: Collaborating for success
We continue to see an upward trend in private equity funds (“PE Funds”) utilizing co-investments. When properly structured, co-investment transactions can yield a number of benefits for both co-investors and PE Fund sponsors alike. Co-investments in private equity are joint […]
Best practice for managing ESG in the boardroom
Investors and stakeholders increasingly understand that long-term success is directly affected by how a company and its board of directors (the “Board”) manage environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors. Best practices require that a Board establish and implement a framework […]
What to consider when forming a Corporate Venture Capital program
Introduction Corporations continue to look to innovation to increase value and expand capabilities. Traditionally, corporations focused on internal research and development (“R&D”) and acquisitions of strategic targets. Yet, innovation through R&D can have its limitations as it is funded internally […]
Straight Talk: Recent Trends in Canadian M&A (Issue 3, 2022)
Our Q3 2022 issue features a sector spotlight on ESG and interview with Partners Jason Kroft and Myron Mallia-Dare of the firm’s ESG and Carbon Finance practice.
Myron Mallia-Dare and Cindy Kim co-write “ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk In Mergers & Acquisitions”
Deal Points, Fall 2022
Myron Mallia-Dare and Cindy Kim co-wrote “ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk In Mergers & Acquisitions,” featured in the Newsletter of the American Bar Association Mergers & Acquisitions Committee, Fall 2022. This article looks at how companies must consider environmental, […]
Down rounds: What emerging companies should consider when raising in a slowing economy
Introduction Canada saw record levels of investment in 2021. The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) 2021 Market Overview reported 752 deals totaling $14.7 billion in venture capital investments in emerging Canadian companies that year – more than double […]
