The UK government is considering steps to make the regime more business-friendly, while maintaining and refining essential national security protections.
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the UK’s first...more
Corporates and deal teams should pay careful attention to drafting non-competes and other restrictive arrangements as UK, EU, and US regulators step up enforcement.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are placing...more
9/29/2023
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Anti-Competitive ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employment Contract ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Wage-Fixing
Increased use of earnouts is likely to facilitate M&A deals across sectors in Europe.
Earnouts are increasingly common in European M&A. The growing prevalence of this contractual provision — in which additional...more
5/18/2023
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Business Valuations ,
Contract Terms ,
De-Risking ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Earn-Outs ,
EBITDA ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector ,
Valuation
The EU has implemented a range of measures to promote the sustainability and competitiveness of the battery value chain.
Batteries play a crucial role across key sectors of the global economy and society, helping to...more
The proposals form part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan and aim to scale up technology and materials for the energy transition.
On 16 March 2023, the European Commission (Commission) formally proposed two legislative...more
European corporate venture capital teams should reflect on their rights in light of falling valuations, revised exit expectations, and other challenges. This year has been challenging for venture capital (VC).
Valuations...more
A new regulation to control foreign subsidies could result in more complex, costly, and time-consuming M&A clearance processes.
European M&A is set to become more complex after the European Parliament and European Council...more
10/21/2022
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Competition ,
Complex Corporate Transactions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
New Regulations ,
Subsidies
Recent private equity investments in high-profile deals, such as Bain Capital’s acquisition of esure and Apollo’s acquisition of Aspen Insurance, have brought European insurance sector deal values to record highs. Regulatory...more
11/30/2018
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EU ,
Financial Services and Markets Act ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investors ,
M&A Brokers ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
Solvency II ,
Target Company ,
UK
The FCA has recently announced that it will begin a review of how firms have implemented the unbundling rules “within weeks”.
At its recent asset management conference, the FCA announced that it will imminently launch a...more