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M&A market shows signs of recovery in second half

2020 has been a year of two very distinct halves but signs of recovery give grounds for optimism....By: Allen & Overy LLP
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Allen & Overy LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

Connecting data centres: attracting investors

With the explosive growth in connected working and living, data centres are attracting an increasingly wide range of investors and activity looks set to grow....By: Allen & Overy LLP
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Allen & Overy LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

CMA Clamps Down on Deals - Navigating the UK’s Increasingly Interventionist Merger Control Regime

The CMA’s efforts to make dynamic, forward-looking assessments of parties’ overlaps will only increase post-Brexit. Dealmakers must be alert to the increasingly interventionist approach of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), including on transactions with a limited nexus to the UK....By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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Latham & Watkins LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

Securing a Successful SPAC Sale - What PE Firms Need to Know

The recent rise to prominence of SPACs provides private equity portfolio companies an alternative method for stock exchange listing and access to the capital markets. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have emerged, somewhat unexpectedly, as the hottest market trend in the US this year, allowing SPAC sponsors to launch shell companies with the goal of taking private companies public via merger....By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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Latham & Watkins LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

Hyundai Buys Majority of Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in $1.1B deal

Hyundai is reportedly in the process of purchasing a large controlling interest in robot innovator Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. The transaction, under which Hyundai will reportedly obtain an 80% stake with SoftBank retaining around 20% through an affiliate, is expected to close by June of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions......By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
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Biden election set to boost investor confidence

The election of Joe Biden is likely to usher in an era of more stable and predictable politics in the U.S., increasing the kind of investor confidence on which M&A transactions thrive....By: Allen & Overy LLP
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Allen & Overy LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

Financial services: towards digitalisation and consolidation

U.S. financial services sector M&A picked up in the second half of 2020, in line with the wider U.S. market. Asset management and fintech investments led the way, with regional bank mergers also showing signs of growth....By: Allen & Overy LLP
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Allen & Overy LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

FTC Loses Preliminary Challenge to Tie-up of Two Philadelphia Healthcare Networks

On December 8, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) to preliminarily enjoin a proposed merger between Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (Einstein)....By: Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan
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5 things you need to know about … trends impacting UK public markets in 2021

Despite considerable volatility and uncertainty, 2020 has been an extraordinary year for the London Corporate team at White & Case, with a strong performance across the practice. We are pleased to have advised a large number of high-profile clients on cutting-edge deals, as well as providing valuable strategic insight to a broad range of investors and companies in the London market....By: White & Case LLP
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White & Case LLP | Dec 17,2020 |

Remote Control: Managing and Delivering Capital Assets with a Distributed Workforce

Disruptions to traditional methodologies and approaches to businesses are seeming to occur more and more frequently, and that is no different for the Capital Projects and Asset Intensive industries. Many people today are working remotely, but mostly because of urgent necessity and with little thought given to how their organization could sustain the effort over the long term. Transitioning to a distributed workforce is a much larger and very different process than instituting a “work from home...
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FTI Consulting | Dec 16,2020 |
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