As central banks continue their campaign to cool inflation, interest rates remain at elevated levels not seen in well over a decade. For companies, this makes funding growth initiatives and refinancing existing debt much more...more
6/3/2024
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Debt Financing ,
Equity Markets ,
EU ,
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Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Tax-Free Spin-Offs
On December 20, 2023, the UK Supreme Court ("Court") dismissed Dr. Stephen Thaler's appeal, unanimously affirming the decision of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks ("Comptroller") that a machine which...more
12/29/2023
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
Strategic carve-outs continue to present a strong business case, as companies shed non-core assets and position themselves for growth -
Carve-outs remain a popular route to growth, with many European businesses...more
9/27/2023
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Buyouts ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Debt Financing ,
EMEA ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Deal ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Net Zero ,
UK
The fintech landscape continues to evolve at speed. Recently it has faced various setbacks including a cooling of appetite for crypto risk and a tightening in the VC funding market. But the forces of innovation propelling...more
On 2 March, the UK Supreme Court heard the arguments in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, the latest in a growing line of international jurisprudence grappling with issues raised by the use of...more
3/22/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Investors ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
UK ,
UK Patents Act ,
USPTO
Carve-out deals, whether conducted through a trade sale, buyout, or IPO, have become a vital tool for businesses to boost balance sheets and deliver shareholder value. This trend has gathered momentum over recent years, with...more
8/5/2022
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Carve Out Provisions ,
Conglomerates ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Global Economy ,
Infrastructure ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Nasdaq ,
Net Zero ,
Offshore Wind ,
Shareholders
While not unscathed by the ongoing pandemic, software deals are proving to be resilient to the effects of lockdown...
The performance of software M&A in 2020 is indicative of a sector insulated from the worst effects of a...more
Digital drives deals in every sector, ensuring tech is a primary focus of M&A across the board—even as data challenges multiply.
Some say every deal is a tech deal now. Not quite, but the point is well taken. Respondents to...more
Tech M&A has remained strong in 2019, registering only a moderate decline against a much sharper fall in global M&A.
The first three quarters of 2019 registered US$267.6 billion worth of deals in the tech sector globally,...more