Mergers & acquisitions
July 2023 | SPECIAL REPORT: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Financier Worldwide Magazine
July 2023 Issue
Q&A: Unlocking deal value and mitigating risk with disruptive tech and analytics
Robotic process automation has emerged as a valuable M&A asset, streamlining data collection and analysis processes. Interactive dashboards and visual representations of financial models will enhance communication and transparency throughout the deal process. FW discusses unlocking deal value and mitigating risk with disruptive tech and analytics with Jim Clayton, Matthew Goldberg and Manny Ngan at BDO USA, LLP.
The state of the M&A market: down but not out
Cooley LLP Large trade acquirers with firepower are maintaining their appetite for strategically important M&A, and sponsors sitting on record levels of dry powder continue to look for the perfect bargain.
Structuring cross-border public M&A transactions: key considerations
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP When structuring a cross-border public M&A transaction involving a bidder in one jurisdiction and a publicly-traded target company in another, there are a number of key corporate, tax and governance matters that require careful consideration.
Large corporates divesting subscale businesses effectively
Trajectory Capital Partners There is an art as well as a science to doing these subscale divestitures for both the corporate seller and the acquirer. Effective divestiture of subscale businesses can have a substantial financial and strategic impact on the parent company.
Key legal considerations on infrastructure carve outs
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP The complexity of carve outs can vary significantly depending on how co-mingled the in-scope business is from the retained business.
Understanding the ‘why’ behind the deal
Venable LLP At the heart of every deal is an investment thesis that should answer the underlying question: why do this deal? An understanding of the answer from both the buyer and seller perspective is essential.
Strategies and best practices for managing transactional risk: a legal perspective
Demarest Advogados Risks can arise from a wide range of sources, including financial uncertainties, regulatory issues, technological complexities and, especially in deals involving developing countries, cultural differences
Japanese takeover rules for listed companies to be fully revised
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners In Japan, activists have been taking more actions against listed companies in recent years, and there are increasing indications that securities laws and regulations are inadequate to deal with them.
Increasing interest in lithium mining is likely to result in significant M&A deal flow, given Latin America’s large untapped reserves. FW discusses M&A in Latin America with Pablo Andres Artagaveytia at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal and Sergio J. Galvis at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
CONTRIBUTORS
BDO USA, LLP
Cooley LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP
Demarest Advogados
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Trajectory Capital Partners
Venable LLP