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
China China has increased its efforts to scrutinize global transactions that may implicate national security concerns using its foreign investment security review ("FISR") process....more
What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022?
As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market, the tightening of the regulatory...more
Since early 2021, Congress has been working on legislation that would alter the U.S. tax laws and potentially have a significant impact on M&A and private equity transactions....more
IPOs for special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs") got off to a blistering start in 2021, with more IPOs closing in the first quarter than in all of 2020 (which had been the most active year for SPAC IPOs in history)....more
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law a long-awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA"). The IIJA is touted as a first step in fixing the...more
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