We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. Our Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more
9/6/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
UK ,
Warranties
A Diligent interview with Tom Matthews, Sonica Tolani and Alex Woodfield, partners, White & Case. Are any specific demands being more frequently adopted in activist campaigns involving UK companies? Tom Matthews (TM): We are...more
On 24 April 2024, the Takeover Panel published a consultation paper, PCP 2024/1, which proposes to narrow the scope of the companies to which the Takeover Code (Code) applies. The changes would have the effect of removing UK...more
We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on...more
Encouraged by the relative strength of the dollar and improving financing conditions, US bidders are snapping up European assets -
Transatlantic M&A was enjoying record-high activity before the war in Ukraine sparked...more
9/15/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Biotechnology ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Markets ,
Global Market ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Software ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more
The late-2022 rally in stock markets could have been expected to dampen the appetite for take-privates in private equity (PE) circles. However, that did not seem happen. Public-to-private (P2P) transactions show few signs of...more
In 2020 and 2021, record activity levels for transatlantic M&A were reported, which finally came off the boil in Q2 2022. In 2021 alone, M&A transactions from the Americas into EMEA were worth an estimated US$553 billion (the...more
We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on...more
1/18/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Contractual Liability Exclusions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Creditors ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Mergers ,
Shareholders ,
UK
2021 has been an exceptional year for the London Corporate team at White & Case, with a strong performance across the practice, including White & Case advising on nearly 50 deals involving publicly listed companies in the UK...more
1/5/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
UK