Distressed M&A and investing
March 2013 | SPECIAL REPORT: DISTRESSED M&A AND INVESTING
Financier Worldwide Magazine
March 2013 Issue
Distressed investment opportunities exist in a broad range of sectors and geographies, as a result of ongoing turmoil in the financial markets. Cash-rich companies and investment funds have a wide range of acquisition options at reduced valuations, particularly in the energy, shipping, food, construction, retail and real estate markets. The current climate has brought added complexity to distressed M&A. Bankruptcy auctions, Section 363 asset sales and traditional reorganisations have all been effected, adding to an already uncertain process. Despite the opportunities, distressed M&A funding requires an appetite for risk that banks are no longer showing, and given the lower returns resulting from competition in all segments of the marketplace, this is understandable. The financing of distressed M&A, however, has not completely dried up, though financiers tend to be non-traditional lenders.
FORUM: Outlook for distressed M&A and investing in 2013
FW moderates a discussion about distressed M&A and investing in 2013 between Jay J. Rittberg at AIG, Partha Kar at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, and Daniel F. Fiorillo at Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen...
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American International Group, Inc.
Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP