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OLNS#14: Growth and Hurdle Shares in German Start ups – Structures / Practical Implementation / Empirical Data

2 minute read | March.24.2025

With special attention on the sale of venture-backed tech companies, this playbook provides buyers and sellers a guide to approaching M&A ...

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SEC Issues Guidance on Use of Minimum Investment Amounts for Verifying Accredited Investor Status Under Rule 506(c)

by Dolph Hellman and Kenneth Rasamny
2 minute read | March.19.2025

Recent guidance from the SEC provides greater flexibility and clarity for issuers in verifying accredited investor status under Rule 506(c).

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OLNS#13 – M&A in German Tech: A Playbook for Buyers and Sellers

4 hour read | January.16.2025

The German tech ecosystem matures and achieving exits is arguably one of the last missing ingredients to supercharge the German tech ecosystem.

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State of European Tech 2024: A Word from Orrick

1 minute read | November.19.2024

The 2024 State of European Tech report makes clear that tech and innovation continue to drive the European economy.

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OLNS#12 – Advisory Boards in German Start-ups

3 hour read | November.06.2024

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OLNS#12 explains the role, duties, and best practices of advisory boards in German start-ups, and presents findings from the OLNS Board Study ...

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Firms Must Update M&A Playbooks to Address Generative AI Risks

by Sarah Schaedler, Zac Padgett and Daniel Healow
3 minute read | June.26.2024

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In this Bloomberg article, Orrick's AI team provides recommendations for acquirers and sellers to update their M&A playbooks to address AI ...

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OLNS#7 – Flip it Right: U.S. Holding Structures for German Start-ups

June.20.2024

We are often asked by founders and investors of German start-ups whether they should have a US holding company for their start-up, be it by flipping ...

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Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule

by Dolph Hellman, Kenneth Rasamny, Ignacio Sandoval, Amy Pasacreta, Allison Citron and Matthew Fechik
2 minute read | June.07.2024

The 5th Circuit Court has vacated a major SEC rule on private funds and private advisers, altering key 2010 regulations.

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Deducting Success Fees in M&A Sell-Side Transactions: Guidance for Private Equity Portfolio Companies

by Daniel Lopez, Eric Wall, Peter Elias and Kyle Zhu
3 minute read | March.12.2024

How should private equity portfolio companies go about handling sell-side success fees?

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Deal Flow 4.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2023

2 minute read | March.05.2024

Deal Flow 4.0: European Venture Capital Deal Term Review 2023

Orrick’s Deal Flow 4.0 reveals European tech deal term trends from 350+ venture capital and growth equity investments our clients completed in 2023.

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Future Financing Act and ESOPs – Really a Big Hit?

by Dr. Johannes Rüberg, EMBA, Carsten Bernauer and Dr. Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein
7 minute read | November.21.2023

On November 17, 2023, the German Bundestag passed the so-called Future Financing Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz).

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EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Ex-ante Notification Obligations Came Into Force and Should Be Complied With at All Costs

by Dr. Lars Mesenbrink and Marie-Laure Combet
5 minute read | October.19.2023

The ex-ante notification obligations of the EU's Foreign Subsidies Regulation entered into force and should be complied with at all costs.