Welcome to the eighth edition of our newsletter “Public Takeovers in Germany”. It provides a market overview of public takeovers and other public offers carried out in Germany in 2024 in accordance with the German Securities...more
Our Public Takeover Report provides an overview of market trends and legal developments relating to public takeovers in Germany in 2024. A quick glance at the takeover market - With six delisting offers and one mandatory...more
In 2024, in line with our predictions from last year, the UK public takeover market saw a sharp increase in the number of megadeals, i.e., those valued in excess of £1 billion. Seventeen such transactions were announced in...more
Schemes of arrangement are a vastly flexible mechanism to implement take private transactions and other restructuring in respect of Guernsey companies. Schemes are, in effect, a legally enforceable arrangement or...more
Over the past decade, Maryland-incorporated real estate investment trusts ("REITs") have been under increasing pressure to eliminate or reduce defenses against unsolicited takeovers. Boards have been declassified, directors...more
A peaceful election and slowing inflation have put M&A markets in South Africa in a more advantageous position. However, taking advantage of South African deal opportunities requires a clear understanding of a rapidly...more
Many acquisitions, especially privatisations, are structured as a statutory merger, and in this article, we provide a brief overview of Cayman Islands (“Cayman”) mergers and consolidations and the general requirements for...more
On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel published PCP 2024/1 ("PCP 2024/1"), in which it is consulting on a significant narrowing of the types of companies that will be subject to the Takeover Code (the “Code”) - i.e., as...more
While the 2022 M&A market was buoyed by deal carryover from 2021 and more conducive market conditions in the first half of the year, the 2023 M&A market felt the impact of the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive interest rate...more
Herzlich willkommen zur siebten Ausgabe unseres Newsletters “Öffentliche Übernahmen in Deutschland”. Er gibt einen Marktüberblick über die im zurückliegenden Jahr 2023 in Deutschland nach dem Wertpapier- und Übernahmegesetz...more
Blick auf den Markt und die bedeutendsten Transaktionen - Die Analyse öffentlicher Übernahmen im Jahr 2023 erscheint auf den ersten Blick wie eine Blaupause des Vorjahres. Die bereits 2022 festgestellten Trends bestätigten...more
The 42nd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference started with clear skies and overall optimism from investors. But with Jamie Dimon’s prediction of a recession in 2024 on Tuesday morning, the climate shifted to an on-again,...more
Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more
In this update, we provide four predictions for the UK public M&A landscape in 2024, considering key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public takeovers announced during 2023....more
The German takeover market is declining and has shown clear signs of having been affected by the current economic and geopolitical environment. The number of takeovers and the total offer volume have both fallen...more
On 15 May 2023, the UK Takeover Panel published a public consultation on proposed changes to the Takeover Code's Rule 21.1 (which prevents a target under offer (or where an offer is imminent) from taking action that may lead...more
“Welcome to Morgan Lewis’s Takeover Monitor Germany. This publication aims to provide funds, public and private companies, and other entities involved in capital markets transactions with a regular documentation of current...more
Market Review and Outlook - Slowing economic growth, equity market volatility, stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions combined to create a hostile environment for M&A activity in 2022, with...more
Following a consultation launched in May 2022[1], the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Panel”) effected changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”) on 20 February 2023[2], including the circumstances...more
Herzlich willkommen zur sechsten Ausgabe unseres Newsletters “Öffentliche Übernahmen in Deutschland”. Er gibt einen Marktüberblick über die im zurückliegenden Jahr 2022 in Deutschland nach dem Wertpapier- und Übernahmegesetz...more
Welcome to the sixth edition of our “Public Takeovers in Germany” newsletter. It provides an overview of public takeovers carried out in Germany in 2022 under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) and of...more
The deal environment in the near future is likely to be challenging but we also see a substantial number of drivers for public takeovers such as strategic combinations when consolidation makes sense or is inevitable,...more
In this update, we consider key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public M&A transactions governed by the UK Takeover Code that were announced during the first half (H1) of 2022....more
The French Competition Authority ("FCA") fines a company for gun-jumping in a case relating to a progressive takeover and de facto control - On 12 April 2022, the FCA fined the Compagnie Financière Européenne de Prises de...more
Overview of the German public M&A market in 2021 - The overall boom in M&A in 2021 was confirmed in Germany's public M&A sector, with a total volume of EUR 67.3 billion. Despite being influenced mainly by several special...more