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South & Southeast Asia M&A Report

Conyers on 4/14/2025

We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more

Middle East sees strong IPO activity

White & Case LLP on 3/31/2025

Long-term policy initiatives supporting the development of capital markets in the Middle East are paying off, with stock markets across the region supporting a cluster of large state-backed and private sector IPOs in 2024. ...more

Will Labour’s policy prescription create a stronger UK life sciences sector?

A&O Shearman on 3/27/2025

The UK government plans to turbocharge the life sciences sector using policy levers to enhance research and development, innovation hubs, and private fundraising. In this piece, Michael Bloch explores how refinements to...more

U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - January 2025

Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/23/2025

U.S. PE deal activity: Deal activity was slightly down in 2024 with a 3% YoY decline, while deal value was up 14%. Transaction activity did not make the strong comeback dealmakers were hoping for in 2024 as investors...more

Extension of SEDAR+ Filing Exemption for Foreign Issuer Private Placements

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 1/22/2025

Certain members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have extended the temporary exemption from the requirement to transmit a Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distribution (“Report of Exempt Distribution”) and...more

Tepid UK & European private capital markets spur unicorns into inorganic opportunities

White & Case LLP on 10/4/2024

3 reasons for continuously high fintech M&A activity levels: Banks target indirect digital access: Through credit lines, investments in venture capital funds, collaborations with innovators and establishment of next...more

Biotech Public Markets Finally Thawing(?): Two Massachusetts Biotechs file S-1s

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law on 8/26/2024

In an encouraging sign that the equity capital markets may be improving for biotechnology companies, Bicara Therapeutics Inc. and Zenas Biopharma, Inc. filed S-1 registration statements yesterday, signaling their intention to...more

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Designing a Platform for Private Company Secondaries

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast on 10/30/2023

As growing companies delay IPOs or sales, private company secondaries have become a rapidly growing market opportunity, especially as investors, founders and employees seek liquidity by selling a portion of their investment...more

The 3rd Fintech Epoch: Europe’s first-movers drive M&A amid tightened purse strings

White & Case LLP on 9/25/2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs...more

Transatlantic M&A bull run set for comeback

White & Case LLP on 9/15/2023

Encouraged by the relative strength of the dollar and improving financing conditions, US bidders are snapping up European assets - Transatlantic M&A was enjoying record-high activity before the war in Ukraine sparked...more

Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q2 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/28/2023

The healthcare M&A market appears to be steadying. Although deal activity through the year appears slightly below the high-water marks for the corresponding period of 2022, deal activity is generally up from the first quarter...more

2022 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE Report

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/27/2023

In this inaugural issue of the 2022 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE Report, we present analysis related to 108 private investments in public equity (PIPEs) by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies between...more

Q4 2022 Quarterly Corporate / M&A decisions updates

Hogan Lovells on 4/7/2023

Below is our Corporate / M&A decisions update covering decisions in the fourth quarter of 2022. This update is designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate, and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis....more

Five Trends Shaping Payments M&A

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/8/2023

The last 12 months have seen dramatic falls in fintech and payments valuations, but with the payments sector now a core part of the financial services ecosystem, strategic imperatives will continue to drive deals despite...more

US M&A settles back down

White & Case LLP on 8/23/2022

Explore the data The headline for the first half of 2022 is that US M&A markets are still remarkably healthy, despite a confluence of headwinds. Without question, 2021 was an exceptional year, fueled by pent-up demand,...more

Top considerations –EMEA Tax trends impacting Private Equity Real Estate in 2021

White & Case LLP on 9/8/2021

White & Case has advised a large number of high-profile international clients on cutting-edge, cross-border and domestic private equity real estate deals, providing valuable strategic tax insight to a broad range of investors...more

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q3 2021

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/22/2021

This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series reviews the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is proceeding at a record pace thus far in 2021. Key findings include: Investment...more

Global M&A Trends that Could Propel the Robust M&A Market through 2019

Hogan Lovells on 9/27/2018

At a recent media roundtable in New York, partners from Hogan Lovells’ global M&A and Regulatory practices outlined trends that could propel the healthy deal environment forward through 2019....more

"First-Half Activity Energizes US Capital Markets in 2014"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/28/2014

The U.S. equity and debt markets experienced a strong first half of the year. In the first quarter, the U.S. IPO market was the busiest since 2000, more than doubling the number of IPOs from the same period last year. ...more

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