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UK Solvency II Reform - Implications for M&A

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The post-Brexit Solvency II reform aims for a more competitive and dynamic insurance sector in the UK. The UK government’s proposals to adapt the Solvency II regime more appropriately to the national insurance market have...more

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BCLP’s Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world

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Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more

TransPerfect Legal

The Impact of Brexit on EU and UK Merger Control Proceedings

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On 26 January, 2021, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) kicked off a virtual conference on EU and UK competition regulation. This article is the first of a three-part series highlighting the major takeaways from each session...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Digital Deals — Navigating CMA Scrutiny

The U.K. Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), which is on the cusp of becoming an independent merger regulator post-Brexit, is already known for its readiness to investigate global digital deals, issue freezing orders and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFIUK: The United Kingdom Introduces a New Mechanism for Foreign Direct Investment Screening

On November 11, 2020, the UK government proposed a much anticipated National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill or proposed Regulation) before Parliament. The Bill is the result of a series of government papers and legal...more

Dechert LLP

DAMITT Q3 2020: Trump/Biden U.S. Election Antitrust Preview; End of Brexit Transition Period in Sight

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The Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) is a quarterly release from Dechert LLP reporting on trends in significant merger control investigations in the United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU). ...more

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The EU "Club" Gets More Exclusive: Closing The Doors On Foreign Subsidies?

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Although the EU has strict rules that limit the circumstances in which Member States can subsidize companies in the EU, the rest of the world does not. The European Commission considers this difference unfair because it would...more

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The European FDI Regulation: What You Need to Know

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The EU Foreign Direct Investment Regulation will be in full force from October 11, 2020. We expect it will radically alter the dynamics of foreign investment review in Europe. Any non-EU investor and any EU target company...more

White & Case LLP

Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - February 2020: Consumer Finance

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Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 - Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] The State of M&A in the UK, Europe and Beyond

In this episode, Akin Gump international competition and trade partner Davina Garrod and corporate partner Gavin Weir discuss M&A in the U.K., EU, U.S., China and more, its state of health and where it might go in 2020....more

White & Case LLP

European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Data dive: European leveraged finance 2020

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- The covenant-lite share of European institutional loan issuance in 2019 reached 92 per cent - European leveraged loan issuance in 2019 was down slightly on the previous year to €209.1 billion - High yield bond...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - February 2020

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Antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe were very active in the final quarter of 2019. The FTC and DOJ continue to investigate and challenge M&A transactions in a variety of industries. Events of this quarter...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Planning for Merger Reviews and Antitrust Investigations Under the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published “Guidance on the Functions of the CMA Under the Withdrawal Agreement” (Guidance), which sets out the regulator’s approach to merger and competition cases during...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Open for Business: Outlook for European M&A Remains Positive Despite Geopolitical Headwinds

Geopolitical uncertainty and escalating trade tensions have combined to add additional layers of complexity and risk to the dealmaking process in recent years. Through this tumultuous period, however, cross-border M&A deal...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

White & Case LLP

Western European PE activity dips in 2019, but total buyout value remains high

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PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales. Western Europe had a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Strong Finish to 2019 Offers Promising 2020 for US and European High-Yield Markets

In 2019, a wave of bond-to-bond refinancings, as well as significant bank and term loan-to-bond refinancings, punctuated a strong year for debt financings after a slow first quarter. Throughout last year, debt investors...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

When “Voluntary” Does Not Mean Voluntary—Stricter Enforcement of Procedural Rules in UK Merger Control

With Brexit now just a few days away, deal makers are brushing up their knowledge of the UK's merger control regime. One notable feature of the system in the UK is the strict stance that the Competition and Markets Authority...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Optimism for UK M&A and IPOs as New Decade Begins

As we enter the 2020s, we begin the new decade with greater optimism than we had at the start of the previous one. In the U.K., December 2009 ended with negative growth; the government as the owner of the remains of Northern...more

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Recent Merger Reviews Demonstrate Increased FTC and DOJ Focus on Acquisitions of Nascent Competitors

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Three recent antitrust merger reviews involving nascent competition demonstrate enforcers are paying close attention to acquisitions by industry leaders of emerging, but early-stage competitors. The US antitrust agencies have...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2019: What Foreign Private Issuers Should Keep in Mind

There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019....more

White & Case LLP

2019 Summer review: M&A legal and market developments

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We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the first half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more

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Western European private equity dealmaking rebounds in Q2 - Ample firepower and increasingly attractive public market valuations...

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After the extension of the March 29 Brexit deadline to October, Western Europe's private equity market staged a frenzied comeback in Q2. Deal volume fell from 510 to 399 deals at the same time that value surged by 88%...more

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US Publishes 2018 New Foreign Direct Investment Statistics – An Analysis of the European Results and Likely Trends in 2020

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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis recently published its 2018 statistics on the value of new foreign direct investment (NFDI) in the US. New foreign direct investment refers to the amount invested by foreign companies in the...more

A&O Shearman

Key Antitrust Enforcement Trends — 2019 Antitrust Annual Report

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Welcome to the 2019 Shearman & Sterling Antitrust Annual Report. Our seventh edition focuses on the contrasting use by regulators of antitrust laws with respect to the FANGs, and how antitrust is being enforced in the U.S....more

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