Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Cross-border Investment Review and New Restrictions
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 25: Venture Capital Trends and Fundraising Strategies for Foreign Startups Expanding to the U.S.
Foreign Correspondent: An FDI Podcast | Mapping the National Security Landscape for Investors
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 23: Shaping Georgia’s Energy Landscape: Insights From Commissioner Tim Echols
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 22: What Global Companies Need to Know About Navigating FDA Regulations and U.S. Market Entry
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 217: Japanese Investment in North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with David Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 19: The Rise of Korean Investment in the Southeast U.S.
Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Scaling Success: Hanley Energy’s Journey From Ireland to the U.S.
Legal Alert | Japan is Primed for Increased Foreign Direct Investment
Ask a CFIUS Expert: Is Crypto Spying on Us?
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - What Foreign Investors Need to Know About U.S. Independent Contractor Laws
The real estate industry, one of the pillar sectors of the national economy, has played a pivotal role in China’s economic development since the reform and opening‑up....more
Cross-border M&A deals frequently present unique issues and strategic closing considerations for transaction parties to navigate—including national security approvals. In a recent Delaware Chancery Court decision, these...more
The European Commission seeks stakeholders' views on the guidelines for the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR")....more
For private equity investors, the arrival of the 119th Congress and the new Trump administration shifts the landscape, creating uncertainty, challenge and opportunity in equal measure and highlighting the need for political...more
Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2024, from advising the iconic rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of all assets...more
In line with international and European developments, Ireland has introduced a new regime to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be...more
Elections and government changes bring new policies that impact businesses’ strategic planning, while economic stress influences M&A trends and growth strategies....more
The Situation: On September 10, 2024, the UK government published the third National Security and Investment Act 2021 Annual Report ("2023/2024 Annual Report"), revealing longer processing times for foreign direct investment...more
The PGA Tour announced that it had, along with the DP World Tour, entered into a Framework Agreement with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF) to create “a global golf partnership.” While the...more
1 Relevant Authorities and Legislation - 1.1 Who is/are the relevant merger authority(ies)? If relevant, please include details of: (i) independence from government; (ii) who the senior decision-makers are (e.g. Chair,...more
All companies engaged in M&A activity in the United States must plan for enhanced scrutiny from an increasingly aggressive DOJ and FTC, but non-U.S. companies, particularly Chinese companies, must also reckon with another...more
China passed its new Data Security Law ("DSL") in June 2021 and its new Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL") in August 2021. Both new laws impact every business operating in or doing business with China, coupling...more
TRANSACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 2022 - What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022? As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market,...more
The first nine months of 2021 set records for global M&A activity and kept private equity firms especially busy. An abundance of dry powder and low interest rates have encouraged private equity investors to make up for lost...more
Types of M&A Transactions – – Takeover bids (like a U.S. tender offer) – Plans of arrangement – Amalgamations (like a U.S. merger) – Asset sales – Share sales (e.g., private purchase of control block) –...more
Foreign investment control has become a key factor in M&A deals and 2020 has been an eventful year. A large number of economies have introduced foreign investment control regimes or tightened their existing rules....more
It has been an active last week in the world of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). In addition to CFIUS’s publication of proposed regulations that would impose filing fees for parties’...more
Almost a decade into the current bull market, many economic prognosticators are warning of a coming downturn. At the same time, political upheaval and uncertainty around the world is changing the landscape for cross-border...more
Africa is still the next big market for multinationals, even in the face of global economic uncertainty and political and regulatory issues. Economic growth continues due to the growing investment in private equity and the...more
On January 28, 2016, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Utility M&A Update,” the first installment of a three-part Energy M&A Webinar Series focused on transactional trends in the energy industry. The program, which drew 140...more
In 2014, Europe registered its highest levels of M&A deal activity since the financial crisis. Compared to 2013, overall European M&A activity climbed 40.5 percent to $901.4 billion (the highest value since 2008). Inbound...more