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Doing Deals in the EU: Pitfalls in European M&A Transactions

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When analyzing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the European Union and related pitfalls that may arise, strategic and institutional investors should remember that, while the EU legal framework is harmonized in several...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Lost in Translation: Key Deal Points in European vs. U.S. M&A Transactions

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After two decades practicing law in Silicon Valley and five formative years working on cross-border deals in Europe, I’ve come to appreciate the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences in how merger and acquisition (M&A)...more

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Beyond the Valuation Gap - Flexing Earnouts in the Current M&A Environment

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Increased use of earnouts is likely to facilitate M&A deals across sectors in Europe. Earnouts are increasingly common in European M&A. The growing prevalence of this contractual provision — in which additional...more

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Rise in Transatlantic Transactions Puts M&A Deal Terms in Focus

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More US buyers — and more buyer-friendly deal terms — are entering the seller-friendly UK market, although the picture is increasingly nuanced. Whilst global M&A deal volumes have dipped at the start of Q1 2023, UK-bound...more

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Protect Your Antitrust Privilege — Why M&A Dealmakers Must Take a Strategic Approach to Privilege

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Companies must mitigate risks to antitrust privilege posed by cross-border megadeals and increased regulatory demand for documentation. A strong M&A market has driven a high volume of megadeals across the globe in recent...more

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Testing Times: Insights into the Timing of Incurrence Covenant Testing

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European Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 3, 2019 - Investors in high yield debt expect protections to be included in documentation in order to prevent bond issuers from taking certain actions that deteriorate credit...more

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2018 Half-year in 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 second half of 2018 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more

BCLP

EU Competition Newsletter - March 2018

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Early attention to the antitrust considerations of a given transaction can go a long way towards promoting the chances of timely or even early clearance of a transaction. As an initial matter, parties should focus their...more

Jones Day

2017 Annual M&A Review

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A MESSAGE FROM LYLE GANSKE, WORLDWIDE M&A PRACTICE LEADER - Early expectations for an outstanding year for M&A activity in 2017 (based on the very promising conditions in place at the end of 2016) were fulfilled in part,...more

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Break Fees Can Cause Broken M&A Deals

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Given ongoing competition between buyers in a strong sellers’ market, the resilience of seller break fees as a feature of the European M&A market is surprising. According to the Latham & Watkins 2017 European Private M&A...more

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