Expert Guides - Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A in Spain. Momentum

Low interest rates has clearly been one of the key pacesetters of M&A activities in Spain in 2018 and up to now in 2019

05/04/2019 Fernando Vives Ruiz, Garrigues, Spain

The Luxembourg Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners - Practical Guidelines

On 15 February 2019, a Grand Ducal Regulation on the registration requirements, administrative fees and access to information in the Luxembourg register of beneficial owners (the "REBECO Regulation") was adopted. The REBECO Regulation will enter into force on 1 March 2019

27/02/2019 Vincent Wellens, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg Margaretha Wilkenhuysen, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg Romain Sabatier, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg Yoanna Stefanova, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg Caroline Notté, NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Rule 16.1 of the UK takeover code and “favourable conditions”

Rule 16.1 of the UK Takeover Code ("Code") relates to special deals. It flows from General Principle 1 of the Code, which aims to ensure that all shareholders of the same class in a target company must be "afforded equivalent treatment" by an offeror.

20/01/2016 John Atanaskovic, Atanaskovic Hartnell, United Kingdom

Recent M&A developments across Asia Pacific

Introduction

It has been a very active time in Asia Pacific M&A. This article discusses some of the trends and key issues in M&A in the region.

Return of Australian contested bids

The Australian market has recently seen competing bids for iiNet by TPG Telecom and M2 Telecommunications, Envestra...

31/08/2015 Tony Damian, Herbert Smith Freehills, Australia

The "new normal" yields way to the next M&A boom

Since the onset of the Financial Crisis we have been told not to expect a return to the pre-Lehman Bankruptcy days that had provided a constant flow of transactional corporate activity. Rather, the legal community was to downsize and forever look back on the "good 'ole days" of M&A, IPOs and other...

29/05/2015 Frank Aquila, Sullivan & Cromwell, US

Significant amendments to takeover bid requirements proposed for Canada

In March of this year, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the umbrella securities regulatory organization representing all of the provinces and territories of Canada, introduced a package of very significant changes (Proposed Bid Amendments) to the legal regime applicable to takeover bids...

31/03/2015 Stephen Halperin, Goodmans, Canada

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