Jul 28, 2022 No exit? Declining values and fundraising challenges present PE with a deal dilemma By Mark Veldon “Private equity funds are sitting on x billion/ trillion of dry powder” – How many times has this been said or written over the last...
Jul 07, 2022 The need for speed: Carveouts and the push for accelerated value creation By Jason McDannold Carveouts continue to grow in frequency and in value:Corporate carveouts and divestitures have reached over $1.44 trillion in value in...
Jun 22, 2022 From deal to integration: Turning theses into objectives By Connor Lott Mark Veldon M&A isn't easy, even if the deal parameters and synergy hypotheses appear superb. Most of us are familiar with the research from Harvard...
Jun 06, 2022 The failing firm defence and caveat emptor By Mat Hughes On 27 May 2022, the CMA published the full text of its clearance decision in which it accepted that the so-called “failing firm defence”...
May 23, 2022 Focus software e servizi IT By Piero Masera Marcello Bellitto Filippo Guidotti Mori Claudio Baretti +1 more... Show less Con oltre 360 operatori e un processo di consolidamento accelerato negli ultimi 5 anni, il mercato italiano di software e servizi IT è...
May 20, 2022 Big Data in Merger Control: Part 4 - Turning data into insight By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield In this series of posts, we are focusing on the increasingly important topic of Big Data and its role in merger control assessments. In...
May 13, 2022 The failing firm defence during and post-COVID-19: policy and the evidence required By John Bruce Mat Hughes Gemma Smith Governments in developed countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with an almost unprecedented level of government support,...
May 11, 2022 Revising the recipe for success – how to rise to the top in the highly disrupted bread sector By Azeem Ahmed The fact that Ukraine and Russia exports more than 25% of the world’s wheat is more than enough to demonstrate the extreme disruption...
Apr 12, 2022 VIDEO: Industrials M&A in focus: Rail By Nick Wood The rail industry is a sector with huge growth and value creation opportunity, despite the dramatic effects of the pandemic and the...
Mar 28, 2022 An eventful year for M&A in 2022? By Pilar Tarry A few reflections coming out of the 34th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute gathering, for those who missed it:New Orleans, we sure...
Mar 24, 2022 HR in M&A - Introducing the Talent Audit & Retention Office By Connor Lott Any M&A practitioner will tell you that complexity always surrounds a deal irrespective of the size, scope, or industry it involves. In...
Mar 14, 2022 Why M&A and digital innovation will be key to getting rail back on track By Nick Wood The pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the rail industry. In Europe, as with so many transportation sub-sectors, rail saw passenger...
Mar 07, 2022 Is the waiting finally over for hospitality? By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel After two seismic years, the hospitality sector is entering recovery mode and so too is sector M&A. While bumps in the road remain,...
Mar 07, 2022 Industrials Quarterly M&A Review – Q4 2021 By Nick Wood 2021 has been solidified as a strong year for deal activity with 2,465 deals in Q4 ticking up 1% from Q3. This brings the full-year total...
Mar 02, 2022 HR in M&A - Build the Infrastructure for Rapid Response By Connor Lott Too often, we've observed HR functions default to pure "react" mode when an upcoming deal is announced; working furiously to duct-tape...
Feb 20, 2022 HR in M&A - The CHRO's Checklist By Connor Lott HR performance in integration is a key driver of M&A success - research by Gartner shows that 44% of senior executives report that...