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Credit Conditions: Key Debt Market Trends

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Credit Conditions | Q1 2024: High interest rates in 2023 posed significant challenges for dealmakers and debt markets. However, 2024 brings optimism with anticipated rate cuts and improving market conditions, leading to a...more

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Agility in Action: PE Firms Turn to GP-Led Secondaries for Liquidity and Portfolio Optimization

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82% of respondents expect secondaries activity levels to remain buoyant or increase in the next two years following 4x growth in the past five years. The slowdown in exits and fundraisings seen over the last year is...more

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Uptick in the Value of Megadeals and Sponsor Transactions Signal a Further M&A Rebound

Aggregate global M&A deal value is up significantly in 2024 (even though deal volume is down), driven in large part by the announcement of megadeals in the U.S., and reflecting an appetite for dealmaking in the medium term....more

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Public M&A Day in Frankfurt

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Latham hosted our second Public M&A Day in Frankfurt, bringing together senior executives and Latham partners to discuss opportunities in the current public M&A sector. Renowned experts and prominent keynote speakers...more

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Credit Conditions | March 2024

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Higher interest rates presented a challenging environment for dealmakers and the debt markets in 2023. But what does 2024 have in store? In this edition of Credit Conditions, we look back at last year’s key market trends and...more

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Dealmakers turn to M&A to combat supply disruption

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Robust supply chains are vital to our closely connected global economy. Yet escalating geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation and a fragile macroeconomic outlook are presenting businesses with a fresh wave of supply...more

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The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to...more

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Quarterly Healthcare Transactions Review: Unveiling the Latest Industry Mergers and Acquisitions [January]

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Ankura is pleased to present an overview of healthcare transactions announced or closed during Q3 2023 in the United States. Total transactions decreased by 13.7% in the third quarter of 2023 after increasing by 4.9% in the...more

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As US Antitrust Agencies Double Down on Merger Enforcement Approach, New Deal Strategies Emerge

Key Points - - New draft merger guidelines reflect the aggressive approach that has defined merger enforcement in the Biden administration, including novel theories of harm. - Proposed changes to HSR notification will make...more

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Whole-business securitization on the M&A radar

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Whole-business securitization (WBS), a structured finance product where a company issues secured debt against substantially all of its cash-yielding assets, is now on the radar of dealmakers seeking ways to manage M&A...more

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Dealmaking set for comeback in North America’s food industry

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M&A is proving popular with companies looking to reinvigorate their portfolios and adapt to shifting consumer demands - The North American food sector is experiencing a period of transition. Large food producers benefited...more

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Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2023

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The healthcare M&A market appears to be steadying. Although deal activity through the year appears slightly below the high-water marks for the corresponding period of 2022, deal activity is generally up from the first quarter...more

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Fund finance market—adapting to change

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Following a period of rapid growth, the fund finance market has reached an inflection point. Once considered a small, esoteric area of the lending landscape, fund finance—loan facilities secured against investor commitments...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

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US M&A in review: Momentum can only take you so far

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M&A started strong in 2022 with robust deal activity and megadeals dominating the landscape that was largely the result of unprecedented spillover from 2021. But then, things took a turn and deals stalled in the second half...more

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Will We See the Predicted M&A Spike in 2023?

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In 2022, many predicted we would see a spike in M&A due to the economic downturn and the steep drop in startup valuations. However, last year was not the M&A blockbuster that was predicted, and we even saw a drop-off in...more

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What’s next for US M&A?

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As predicted in our previous M&A report, 2022 has not lived up to the runaway performance of 2021. As activity—still at impressive levels considering everything that has been thrown at the deal market—takes a breather, we...more

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US M&A settles back down

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Explore the data The headline for the first half of 2022 is that US M&A markets are still remarkably healthy, despite a confluence of headwinds. Without question, 2021 was an exceptional year, fueled by pent-up demand,...more

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Record year for private equity dealmaking

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In line with the broader M&A market, private equity firms had an exceptionally busy 2021. Deal value soared to US$987.6 billion in the year, more than doubling what was an already high total of US$474.5 billion in 2020. This...more

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What's in store for 2022?

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Five factors that will shape dealmaking over the coming 12 months - Last year will be a very tough act to follow. M&A values and volumes soared on the back of confident public markets, strong deal financing options and a...more

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Pharma and healthcare deliver strong results

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Despite the absence of megadeals, M&A in the sector climbed from 2020 levels thanks in part to strong PE and SPAC activity - Healthcare and pharmaceutical deals continued at a robust pace through 2021, registering the...more

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Canadian outbound dealmaking rebounds

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Canadian dealmakers are betting on large overseas purchases as market confidence returns - Canadian dealmakers have become a major presence beyond their borders, conducting a total of 361 outbound deals worth a total of...more

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Vietnam M&A heads for another record in 2021

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High-growth industries continue to attract investor interest despite COVID disruptions - Vietnam’s M&A activity is set for another robust year following 2020’s potent performance. In the first three quarters, deals with...more

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Italian M&A on track to reach post-crisis high

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An increase in megadeals reveals growing dealmaker appetite within Italy’s M&A market - Dealmaking confidence appears to be returning within the Italian M&A market. A total of US$57.4 billion-worth of deals announced in...more

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Healthcare displays strong deal activity post-pandemic

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The value of healthcare M&A in H1 surpassed pre-pandemic levels - Healthcare M&A (including pharma, biotech and medical) saw strong growth over the first half of 2021 as investors continued to pursue deal opportunities in...more

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