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Foreign Direct Investment: Key Recent and Future Developments in Europe and the US

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At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context,...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

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Pharma and healthcare deliver strong results

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Despite the absence of megadeals, M&A in the sector climbed from 2020 levels thanks in part to strong PE and SPAC activity - Healthcare and pharmaceutical deals continued at a robust pace through 2021, registering the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFIUS Updates Excepted Foreign State Rules

Key Points - CFIUS added New Zealand to its white list of “excepted foreign states,” joining Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom in the group of countries whose investors may qualify for jurisdictional carve-outs and...more

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Coffee Woes Continue

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It has been a rough few months for Luckin Coffee. The company once compared as China’s homegrown Starbucks ignited controversy when it disclosed earlier this year that much of its 2019 revenues were fabricated. Its problems...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Open up the PIPEs: Current Market Considerations

Private investments in public equity are likely to become more popular as investors and public companies utilize PIPEs to navigate market turbulence. In the face of tremendous market uncertainty, PIPE transactions offer...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

As Shareholder Activism Grows in Japan, New Amendment Places Limits on Foreign Investors

Investors in Japanese-listed companies have traditionally taken a passive approach to their investments, in part because Japanese business culture have long held an unfavorable view toward investors making demands or voicing...more

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Acquiring a US Public Company: An Overview for the Acquirer

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This guide summarizes certain considerations for a non-US acquirer considering an acquisition of a publicly traded US-based company in a negotiated (i.e., friendly) transaction. In addition to market dynamics and business...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CFIUS and China: Separating Fact from Fiction

No, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has not put a halt to acquisitions of U.S. companies by China-based purchasers. Three recently cleared transactions illustrate that CFIUS is not standing in the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Liberalizes Rules for Foreign Investment in U.S. Broadcast Licensees

On September 30, 2016, the FCC adopted an order designed to liberalize and streamline the foreign ownership review process for broadcast licensees (the “Broadcast Liberalization Order”). Section 310(b) of the Communications...more

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International News: Focus on International M&A

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The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation - The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more

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2015 Guide to Acquiring US Public Companies

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This guide summarizes certain important considerations for acquiring a publicly traded US-based target corporation through a negotiated (i.e. “non-hostile”) tender offer, exchange offer or merger. US public companies are...more

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