When selling a private company, Sellers understandably focus on providing bidders with a comprehensive data room packed with detailed documents and information about every aspect of their business. They expect bidders to pore...more
The number of distressed deals reaches record highs as challenging market conditions take their toll - European M&A saw a solid uplift in value in the first half of 2024. Western Europe saw US$390 billion of deals—a rise...more
TransPerfect Legal held its third annual Antitrust Clearance & Merger Enforcement Conference on October 24, 2023, in New York City. At the conference, antitrust experts from across the country participated in six...more
Amid a challenging economic climate, international buyers prompted by the energy transition target mainstay sectors including industrials & chemicals and automotive - German M&A has been negatively impacted by an array of...more
Favorable valuations are fueling opportunistic purchases by overseas bidders- Spiraling COVID rates, supply chain issues and food and fuel shortages have all hit the headlines in the months since the end of the Brexit...more
M&A activity in Western Europe surged in Q3 on the back of strong PE interest and low UK stock prices - Dealmaking in Western Europe reached a post-crisis record in the third quarter of the year as dealmaker confidence...more
PE dominance - Private equity and family offices are exerting increasing influence over public takeovers in the UK, with public to private transactions ("P2Ps") making up more than 2/3 of all bids in H1 2021 and...more
The challenges raised by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis initially led to a dramatic fall in share prices and market uncertainty. Although the capital markets have largely recovered their value since the initial COVID-19...more