Nov 18, 2022 Why Case Review Meetings increasingly really matter in UK merger review By Mat Hughes Matt Hunt Case Review Meetings (CRMs) are an important stage in Phase 1 UK merger review. We were recently asked by a client what proportion of...
Nov 15, 2022 Creating shareholder value through M&A – and beyond By Matt Zmuda Reid Swanger Most acquisitions by public companies fail to create long-term value for their shareholders. However, a few companies have demonstrated...
Sep 08, 2022 独禁法執行における経済分析の役割<講義動画付き> By Keita Fukunaga Business & Lawにおける連載「ワンポイント独禁法コラム」の第4回で、最近、独禁法の執行において重要性が増しつつある経済分析について解説しています。...
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 Venkat Sreenivasan 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 28, 2022 令和2年度企業結合事例のポイント By Keita Fukunaga 今回の論考「令和2年度企業結合事例のポイント」では、公正取引委員会(公取委)により公表された令和2 年度における主要な企業結合事例10 件と、その他令和3 年中に公表された企業結合事例2...
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...