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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more
Nasdaq has just filed a proposal, Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend Certain Procedures Related to the Suspension and Delisting of Acquisition Companies, designed to address the...more
On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq during the first half of 2023. Global Market Update - ...more
Tech valuations fell through the second half 2022 and M&A in the sector shifted gears producing a rise in lower-value deals, particularly among private equity (PE) firms. That trend continued in Q1 2023 For the past two...more
Welcome to the White & Case US SPACs Data Hub, which provides a quarterly review and analysis of key drivers and trends behind US SPAC IPO and de-SPAC activity. ...more
February 10, 2022: Great River Hydro, an operator of hydropower generation facilities across New England, was acquired by Hydro-Québec for $2 billion on February 10, 2023. The company owns, operates, and manages a portfolio...more
Global market update - The second half of 2022 proved to be as challenging as H1 had been for global markets. Worldwide financial uncertainty continued, fed by a number of parallel and often related ongoing crises:...more
December 1, 2022: Extreme Biodiesel (PINX: XTRM) acquired Worldwide Sun from Fernhill for an undisclosed amount on December 1, 2022. Worldwide Sun is a manufacturer of specialty off-grid solar equipment created to eliminate...more
The last few years have been standout years for take private transactions globally – representing the most active years since 2007 - with Bermuda incorporated listed companies involved in a number of the largest deals. What...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the first half of 2022....more
US de-SPAC M&A deal value has contracted significantly during the first half of 2022, sliding from US$231.31 billion during the buoyant H1 2021 period to just US$26.29 billion for H1 2022. A wider M&A slowdown as a result of...more
As we predicted in the previous edition of this report, 2021 turned out to be a very strong year indeed for US life sciences dealmaking, marked by high transaction values and volumes as the industry continued on its...more
US De-SPAC M&A Commentary - US De-SPAC M&A deal value totaled US$8.13 billion from 16 De-SPAC deals in Q1 2022. This was significantly lower than the record US$155.43 billion of De-SPAC deal value from 81 deals reported at...more
Dealmaker interest from both home and abroad, along with record private equity activity, has driven India’s dealmaking activity to an all-time high - In line with the global trend, India’s dealmaking activity reached a new...more
Tuesday saw another Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde day on Wall Street, with markets diving to start the day before a late rally that petered out and left the Nasdaq down more than 2% and the S&P 500 down about half that...more
Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida is heading to the door earlier than planned in what appears to be continuing fallout from 2020 trades he made “as the central bank was poised to rescue financial markets.” Clarida corrected his...more
December 1, 2021: Astral power, a producer of clean energy from solar farms intended to serve businesses and individuals, reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Neighborhood Sun for an undisclosed amount. The...more
July 1, 2021: Calgon Carbon (UV Technologies Divison), a developer of water technology designed for disinfection and oxidation to treat drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, process water, and ballast water, was acquired...more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the first half of 2021. Global market update The first half of...more
Despite certain regulatory and challenges, PE buyers will likely see more investment opportunities in the gaming industry. The global gaming market reached a valuation of US$135.8 billion in 2020, accounting for a staggering...more
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) played a critical role in U.S. capital market growth in 2020. There were 248 SPACs launched, raising an aggregate of $83 billion in proceeds. The beginning of 2021 witnessed an...more
The sixth of a six-part series examining six specific and evolving rights plan provisions. As discussed in greater detail in some of our prior articles, a shareholder rights plan is a protective measure used by a public...more
There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019....more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: stock exchanges/clearing houses — H1 2019 and outlook for H2 2019. CURRENT MARKET - Upward. WE ARE SEEING - Inorganic expansion by larger exchanges: Horizontally (e.g.,...more