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Buyout firms must beware the unique legal, regulatory, and commercial issues that can complicate sports transactions and impact returns. Private equity interest in sports assets has grown over the last few years, with investments in teams, leagues,...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Amid FDI screening regime expansion, deal teams have opportunities to capitalise on newly available exemptions, but must beware novel complexities. US intervention in the proposed acquisition of hotel-software company StayNTouch by a Chinese...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Digital due diligence becomes increasingly important when buying digitally native beauty brands. Recent high-profile beauty M&A deals, coupled with current economic uncertainty, have brought renewed interest in the “lipstick effect”. Much cited in...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Buyout firms planning an acquisition or preparing a portfolio company for exit must consider the impact of poor corporate culture, particularly on a potential IPO. No institution, whatever its geography, industry, sector, or size, is above the...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Die COVID-19 Krise führt auch zu Veränderungen und Trends im Akquisitionsfinanzierungsmarkt und wirft viele Fragen auf: Welche neuen Möglichkeiten der Akquisitionsfinanzierung werden wir zukünftig häufiger sehen? Gibt es bei den Banken für...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

This brief guide provides updates on the impact of COVID-19 on merger control reviews around the world. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Buyers in M&A transactions should consider a number of due diligence items in response to COVID-19 and the governmental response thereto. As parties pursue mergers and acquisitions transactions during, and in the wake of, the COVID-19 pandemic, both...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

The guidance includes a refresher on “failing firm” defence claims, for which the CMA will maintain a high bar. On 22 April 2020 the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published guidance on its assessment of mergers during the COVID-19...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Volatile trading markets and economic instability may prompt taxpayers to modify, purchase, or repurchase debt; participants should consider the tax consequences. Key Points: ..Issuers may incur immediate income in the form of cancellation of...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

EU–DGCOMP is encouraging merging parties to delay notifications and discuss timing of transactions with the relevant case teams, as DGCOMP is facing difficulties in collecting information from the parties and the market (e.g., customers, competitors...By: Latham & Watkins LLP