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Private Equity Warranty Insurance

Latham & Watkins LLP

W&I Insurance: Hard Staple, Hard Sell?

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Warranty and indemnity insurance may remain a staple of European private equity, but are buyers changing course? Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance has become an important component of European PE transactions in...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Top 5 Trends – Representation and Warranty Insurance for M&A Transactions

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Our Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity Team recently attended Marsh’s panel on its 2021 Global Trends Report on transactional risk. Consistent with what we have seen in the market, industry experts confirmed that an...more

Hogan Lovells

Warranty and indemnity insurance – "do"s and "don't"s

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Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) in recent years has become a customary aspect of private equity and other M&A transactions, with investors well aware of the deal-enabling benefits (in particular, the transfer of risk...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli M&A players take note, the Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) Insurance market has matured

We have seen continued increase in the use of W&I insurance, particularly in Private Equity backed deals, and across the spectrum of transaction sizes. Insurance limits placed globally by Marsh in 2019 grew by 51% from 2018,...more

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Warranty and Indemnity Insurance - The practice behind the promise

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Global mergers and acquisitions transactions hit $3.5 trillion in 2018 making it the third-largest year on record for M&A by value. Within the private equity and real estate investment worlds, the insatiable appetite for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Corporate Buyers Poised to Reap W&I Insurance Benefits

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Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) has become a common feature of European transactions in recent years, amid a strong sellers’ market that has enabled vendors to offload risk to buyers. According to the most recent...more

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Private Equity Buyers Poised to Reap W&I Insurance Benefits

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Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) has become a common feature of European transactions in recent years, amid a strong sellers’ market that has enabled vendors to offload risk to buyers. According to the most recent...more

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Warranty and Indemnity Insurance – Is the Silver Bullet Beginning to Tarnish?

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Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance products have been marketed as a “silver bullet,” which can bridge the gap between a buyer’s wish to receive proper deal protection and a seller’s aim of a clean exit. However, as the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Health Care Rep and Warranty Insurance: New Solutions for Private Equity Buyers and Sellers

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Whether in an auction or proprietary transaction, risk allocation has typically been a function of indemnities tied to reps and warranties and the type of credit supporting the type of supporting credit. Holdbacks, earnouts,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends to Watch in 2015

Canadian M&A activity increased notably in 2014, reflecting the strengthening of the global economy, particularly in the U.S. The total value of Canadian announced deals to date (all numbers as of December 1, 2014) has been...more

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