Overview of the German public M&A market in 2021 - The overall boom in M&A in 2021 was confirmed in Germany's public M&A sector, with a total volume of EUR 67.3 billion. Despite being influenced mainly by several special...more
Japan’s Sharp Corp.—a 103-year-old company that’s progressed from mechanical pencils (“Ever-SHARP”) to calculators to LCD TVs—has surprised many by agreeing to a $6.24 billion takeover offer from Taiwan’s Foxconn (best known...more
Strategic investors extend current offers - Current offers include the takeover offers to the shareholders of DAB Bank AG, Sky Deutschland AG and Homag Group AG, as well as the acquisition offer for shares of Swarco...more
Amendments include new requirements regarding offerors' intentions, documents provided to trustees, trustees' opinions on offers, and publication of agreements between offerors and trustees....more