Global Private Equity Watch - Feed https://privateequity.weil.com/contributor/john-neuwirth/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 New Securities Class Action Relating to SPAC Warrant Accounting https://privateequity.weil.com/spac/new-securities-class-action-relating-to-spac-warrant-accounting/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:43:00 +0000 Michael Aiello John A. Neuwirth https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=8160 In April 2021, the SEC staff issued a statement concerning accounting and reporting considerations with respect to warrants issued by SPACs in connection with their IPOs. Specifically, the SEC staff stated that SPACs may not be properly accounting for such warrants, which are often treated as equity rather than as liabilities in SPAC financial statements. […]

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]]> Delaware Court Issues Two Post-Trial Appraisal Decisions https://privateequity.weil.com/insights/delaware-court-issues-two-post-trial-appraisal-decisions/ Tue, 30 May 2017 22:18:52 +0000 John A. Neuwirth Evert J. Christensen Thomas James https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2264 Late last week, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important post-trial decision in In re Appraisal of PetSmart, Inc., an appraisal proceeding arising out of a private equity buyer’s acquisition of PetSmart, Inc., determining that the merger price equaled statutory fair value. In this alert, we discuss the Court’s decision and its ramifications on […]

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]]> Late last week, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an important post-trial decision in In re Appraisal of PetSmart, Inc., an appraisal proceeding arising out of a private equity buyer’s acquisition of PetSmart, Inc., determining that the merger price equaled statutory fair value. In this alert, we discuss the Court’s decision and its ramifications on […]

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]]> End of an Era: The Music Stops for “Disclosure-Only Settlements” in Delaware https://privateequity.weil.com/features/end-of-an-era-the-music-stops-for-disclosure-only-settlements-in-delaware/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:58:37 +0000 John A. Neuwirth Evert J. Christensen Thomas James https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=1489 Over the past decade, public company directors and officers have come to accept that litigation is all but certain in M&A transactions. Often, with the risk and distraction of an injunction hanging over targets and acquirors, these lawsuits have resulted in so-called “disclosure-only settlements”—i.e., the plaintiff’s agreement to drop its challenge to the transaction in […]

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]]> Over the past decade, public company directors and officers have come to accept that litigation is all but certain in M&A transactions. Often, with the risk and distraction of an injunction hanging over targets and acquirors, these lawsuits have resulted in so-called “disclosure-only settlements”—i.e., the plaintiff’s agreement to drop its challenge to the transaction in […]

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