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Tech takeovers drive M&A in Indonesia

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Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening...more

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Legal Considerations for GCs and CFOs in the Fashion and Retail Industry in 2024

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The fashion and retail industry experienced another year of considerable change in 2023. As advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) spurred innovation within the industry, consumers and regulators worldwide called for...more

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Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No.166

Food Venture Financing Trends - - Ferrara Candy announced that it plans to buy Jelly Belly Candy, the prominent jelly bean business, for an undisclosed amount. - Tyson Foods announced that it plans to make a strategic...more

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Ten Issues to Consider When Acquiring a Food Business

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The food industry is generally considered recession-resistant and less susceptible to economic downturns than other sectors, making it an attractive investment for private equity firms seeking stable returns. The increasing...more

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Sector trends - September 2023: Specialty Finance/Marketplace Lending

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We are seeing - Continued availability of growth capital for specialty lenders—SME lenders attract the most capital in the previous 12 months - VC debt cheques (e.g., Quilam Capital's debt investment in Merchant Money...more

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BlockFi Full Disclosure? Jenny Don’t Change Your Number, Christmas in July, and Keep On Truckin’

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BlockFi Bankruptcy Plans Opposed by FTX, Three Arrows, and SEC | CoinDesk - Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi submitted bankruptcy plans which have now been opposed by bankrupt companies FTX and Three Arrows Capital as well...more

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Amazon’s Recent Acquisitions Highlight the Value of Consumer Data (and the Evolving Privacy Issues)

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Roughly two weeks apart, on July 21, 2022 and August 5, 2022, respectively, Amazon made headlines for agreeing to acquire One Medical, “a human-centered and technology-powered primary care organization,” for approximately...more

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Global dealmaking continues to trail 2021 in Q2

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Dealmaking failed to reach the highs of the previous year as rising inflation and a challenging financing environment put some deals under question - Global dealmaking continued its bumpy return to pre-pandemic levels in...more

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Financial institutions M&A: Payments

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Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic drove e-commerce to levels never seen before—payment rail, service and solution providers responded with an...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.13.2021 | Top Story: Feisty Musk Opens Delaware Trial Over SolarCity Deal

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Your dispatch from Day 1 of the Tesla shareholder dispute over the company’s SolarCity purchase didn’t disappoint—at least as far as Elon was concerned—with the founder taking the stand, defending the acquisition, and taking...more

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HUB Talks: Payments Across the Globe Miniseries - Trends in Europe and Belgium

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Judith Rinearson and Jeremy McLaughlin sit down with payments lawyers to cover the fintech market place, trends, and developments around the world in the Payments Across the Globe miniseries. In this episode Judith Rinearson...more

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Retail M&A focuses on the essentials in 2020

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Global retail M&A value increased year on year, as appetite for supermarket and convenience store assets resulted in big-ticket deals - The retail sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Expedia’s first-quarter earnings release captivates main headlines; two major airlines with...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update includes a greater number of stories than usual given the ever-changing COVID-19 situation. I hope you enjoy....more

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Planning to Sell Your Brewery? 5 Strategies to Make Your Business More Attractive, Even During a Pandemic

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The strong pace of craft brewery acquisitions seen in recent years will likely reverse course in 2020 due to the economic challenges and uncertainty caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But despite the impact of...more

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Ahead of the pack: US M&A 2019: Consumer deals fall but disruption may be a driver

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Restructurings and uncertainty are hitting the US consumer sector. Retail M&A deal volume dropped 11 percent year-on-year to 459 deals, while deal value dropped 36 percent to US$76.87 billion. Consumer M&A activity...more

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Tech M&A shows resilience in 2019

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Tech M&A has remained strong in 2019, registering only a moderate decline against a much sharper fall in global M&A. The first three quarters of 2019 registered US$267.6 billion worth of deals in the tech sector globally,...more

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Update on China’s Recent Liberalization of the Legal Regime for Foreign Investment

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With the ongoing US-China trade tension, what has been easily overlooked is China’s recent liberalization of its legal regime in the areas of foreign investment and foreign investors’ M&A activities in China. This...more

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Modernizing EU Competition Policy: Will the EU's Angst with Chinese State-Owned Companies Help U.S. Tech Firms off the European...

During her five-year term as European commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager has earned a reputation for going hard after U.S. tech companies. This position had traction in certain European political circles and,...more

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AR/VR Industry is Growing and Facing New Challenges, Perkins Coie Survey Finds

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Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are showing clear signs of a growing industry—with increased investment, exciting new content (and types of content) and technological advancements. But with growth comes new...more

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Changes to Supply Chain Management and Commercial Item Contracting in FY 2018 NDAA

For Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions, the Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2018 NDAA includes provisions that simplify and others that complicate contractor responsibilities. Proposed supply chain diligence...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - June 16th, 2017

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Our weekly client OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending June 16, 2017 is below. Several interesting stories this week... Price-Fixing Technology the Subject of EU Regulators [PARITY] - ("Enforcers Must...more

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"E-Commerce in India on the Rise"

Despite the headwinds facing Indian e-commerce start-ups, some of which had irrational cost structures and business models based solely on discounts, the overall success and potential of this sector, as well as its...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt Digital - February 2017

If there is one truism in the world of digital media, it is the simple fact that our technology and consumption habits are evolving in tandem with one another and at an exponential rate. This compounding effect of innovation...more

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Private Equity Market Intelligence: Retail Acquisition & Development in Primary Markets Quarterly Report - Q4

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Key Findings - ..The retail industry is becoming more complex and changing at an ever increasing speed. Shifting demographics, household downsizing, more educated consumers, new channel formats, among other trends,...more

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M&A Update: IRS Mulls Change to Spinoff Rules

In a statement that would mark a stark change in approach, an IRS official recently indicated that the IRS may begin requiring that companies seeking to effect tax-free spinoffs conduct active businesses that represent a...more

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