Despite prevailing headwinds in wider M&A markets, take-private deal flow across EMEA sustained robust levels of activity as dealmakers jumped at opportunities to buy listed companies at attractive valuations - EMEA...more
In buyout or take private transactions, the management team of the target business is a key constituency that frequently—yet often unknowingly—requires legal counsel to advocate for its interests. The management team’s...more
2021 was the year in which superannuation funds took center stage in Australian take-private transactions. In what has been a record year for Australian M&A activity, the weight of money rolling into Australian superannuation...more
Private equity’s growing appetite for UK-listed targets comes with the need for Takeover Code-savvy dealmakers. Amid stiff competition for attractive private targets, PE firms are competing more regularly against...more
As the world enters a phase of the global pandemic marked by an increasing rate of vaccinations, investors are looking for global (particularly, European) healthcare market opportunities. With the emergence of certain...more
This guide provides an overview of the processes, possible structures, and principal issues for consideration by an acquirer in connection with an acquisition of a publicly traded US company for cash (i.e., a “take-private”...more
Despite accumulating a vast, historic pile of capital for acquisitions, private equity has moderated its pace of buyouts in the first half of the year. Buyout activity fell 14 percent compared to the first half of 2018, with...more