UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
2024 was a better year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK and Europe than 2023, although overall growth in the market was slow. Deal numbers, by both absolute volume and aggregate deal value, remained far below the...more
Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more
2/28/2024
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2023 was a challenging year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Volumes of deals and deal sizes were both down due to, amongst other factors, historic levels of inflation, rising interest rates, heightened regulatory scrutiny...more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has become a megatrend in mergers and acquisitions and is here to stay. ESG itself is a wide capture-all definition, with "E" recognised as relating to environmental matters (such as...more
The UK economy has been hit by a series of significant shocks in recent years: a change in the trading relationship with the EU, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread inflation, an increase in global energy...more