May 2010 - The Road Less Travelled
Many UK businesses will need to practice austerity if they wish to avoid insolvency during the next 12 months...

February 2010 - South East Europe M&A
The Southern States of Europe have been hitting the headlines recently led by Greece which is coming under concerted pressure to deal with the budget crisis which threatens to...

February 2010 - German M&A
Germany is one of the most developed countries in Europe for M&A activity and also has a thriving private equity and venture capital industry. The German M&A environment during...

January 2010 - Dutch M&A
In 2007 and the beginning of 2008 the Dutch economy was considered well placed to withstand the financial and economic crisis. In the second part of 2008, however, the negative...

November 2009 - Czech M&A
The Czech Republic is one of the most developed countries in Central Europe with a GDP per capita of around 82% of the European Union average...

October 2009 - Global Joint Venture Agreements
A joint venture (JV) may be formed for one specific project or for a continuing business relationship; therefore, a JV may be a corporation, a limited...

October 2009 - Scandinavian M&A Focus
According to a new EVCA Nordic Report, the region showed a fairly resilient fundraising market in 2008, but was significantly affected by the global economic slowdown...

September 2009 - The Receding Storm
The M&A environment across the world is still very slow as the uncertain environment makes deals very difficult to assess and value...

August 2009 - Swiss M&A Review 2009
Switzerland is known for its sophisticated financial sector from which it has derived much of its wealth as a country. While the financial districts of Zürich and Geneva continue to thrive...

May 2009 - Germany M&A Focus
Year-to-date, there were a total of 1,243 German M&A transactions recorded in November 2008 – a decline of 28.2% compared to the prior-year period...

April 2009 - Healthcare Who’s Who
Healthcare law involves many facets including TORTS, contracts, antitrust, and insurance. A major area within health care law is medical malpractice...

April 2009 - Sweden M&A and VC Focus
The Swedish private equity industry has grown rapidly during the last decade. This increase is apparent in the number of investments made, as well as in the size of...

April 2009 - Tackling the turnaround tsunami
The UK economy is bracing itself for yet another quarter of poor economic performance as disastrous financial data and doom laden predictions keep arriving in inboxes and across desks...

April 2009 - Canada M&A Focus
As economies around the world buckle under the strain of the relentless global economic crisis, Canada has cut a lone figure with a well capitalised banking system...

March 2009 - Management Buyouts
Buy out activity has dropped through the floor during the past year as the boom times of highly leveraged deals were brought to a sudden close in early 2008 with a succession of horror stories from the world’s financial institutions...

March 2009 - MBO LawNet
All advisers need to work smarter and harder in a downturn, particularly those involved in corporate finance. Corporate finance lawyers can no longer wait for business from corporate finance advisers or banks...

March 2009 - Global Life Science Ventures (GLSV)
The private equity and venture capital industry has received a hard time recently as politicians across Europe, the USA and beyond aim to tighten up regulation, oversight and taxation on...

March 2009 - ABVCAP
Brazil, the old joke goes, is the country of the future - and always will be. But now, Latin America’s economic giant may finally be living up to its potential...

February 2009 - Luxembourg: a unique location
In recent years Luxembourg’s financial sector has evolved dramatically and now accounts for nearly 30% of GDP. This has paved the way for the country’s emergence as a prime location for funds...

January 2009 - Baltic M&A
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania make up the Baltic States situated in the North East of Europe adjacent to Finland, Russia, Poland and Belarus....

January 2009 - Spanish M&A
The Spanish economy boomed from 1986 to 1990 averaging 5% annual growth (source CIA Factbook). After a European-wide recession in the early 1990s, the Spanish...

January 2009 - Focus on Corporate France
As an organisation created to promote French business opportunities, the Invest in France Agency (IFA) is ideally placed to highlight the country’s exceptional business qualities...

January 2009 - Route to Italy
Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the UK. The economy enjoys an exceptional strategic location as the gateway to...

December 2008 - UK M&A – A Year in M&A
2008 has seen the UK M&A market swept along on a tide of economic uncertainty, in a sea of floundering financial institutions and businesses. The last twelve months...

December 2008 - PKF Accountants & business advisers
PKF (UK) LLP is one of the UK’s leading firms of accountants and business advisers, which specialises in advising the management of...

December 2008 - Poland M&A Review
Since joining the EU the Polish economy has been developing at more than twice the pace of the Euro zone, driven to a significant...

December 2008 - M&A in Russia and the CIS
Expected to lead the coming wave of M&A deals and wholesale acquisitions of the cheapening stocks of Russian companies will be structures...

December 2008 - Swiss M&A
Switzerland has long been know as a major global private banking sector deriving much of its wealth as a country from the provision of...

December 2008 - Europe M&A advisers map
Launching into a merger or acquisition can be an effective way of driving a business forward and improving its competitive position in...

November 2008 - Czech M&A
Central and Eastern Europe has become an increasingly attractive destination for venture capital and private equity funds as its markets have gradually opened up with accession to...

November 2008 - Hungary: facing the crunch
The economies of Central Europe, particularly Hungary, have been enjoying a rapid growth in recent years. However, as the effects of the credit crunch ripple around the world...

October 2008 - Israeli M&A
Israel has embraced venture capital during the last decade as the rise of the high technology and green-tech industries has meant a need for investment....

October 2008 - Sealing the deal: the roles of M&A advisers
Launching a business into the M&A arena can be an effective way of driving a business forward and improving its competitive position in the marketplace. However, this is a complex and...

September 2008 - Mergers & Acquisitions: Belgium
Venture capital and private equity is still an important source of funding in Belgium despite the credit crunch that hit the global economy last year...

September 2008 - What a Difference a Year Makes!
Only a year ago management buyouts (MBOs) were ‘de rigueur’ when exiting a business. With the economic squeeze and banks holding back on this type of lending...

September 2008 - Foreign investment in Latin America
Latin American countries have been experiencing relatively healthy levels of M&A activity in the past 12-18 months, ranging from acquisitions of small-mid sized businesses to large...

August 2008 - Australia: a natural resource for global M&A?
Australia’s geographical isolation and sparse population have done little to prevent its ascendancy as a major M&A market...

May 2008 - Buying a business: uncovering the issues
Buying companies can be a process fraught with stresses and strains. Daniel Wilkins caught up with Bruce Jones, a partner at law firm Bircham Dyson Bell...

May 2008 - Buying a business in The Netherlands
Last year’s lowering of the Dutch corporate tax rate has made the Dutch investment climate an attractive one for acquirers globally. In spite of credit gloom, the mid market has shown...

May 2008 - German M&A in 2008: the ongoing resilience of the Mittelstand
The German M&A market remains buoyant despite the continental trend for a slowdown in the larger buyout segment...

April 2008 - Swedish M&A: Standing firm against the squeeze
A burgeoning cleantech industry and a leading edge in R&D, as well as a wave of privatisations, have kept Swedish M&A...

March 2008 - Taking the reins:MBO focus
MBOs continue to be the favourite buyout format for investors and management teams alike. Investors are attracted by the lower risks attached to a ready-made management team who already know...

February 2008 - Crossborder M&A
We’re living in uncertain times for international dealmaking as storm clouds gather ominously over the world economy. Predicting the weakest expansion since 2003, the IMF recently...

December 2007 - UK M&A in 2007
M&A activity in 2006 reached an all time high in both the size and volume of deals, so inevitably 2007 had a lot to live up to and despite the recent slowdown in the debt market 2007...

December 2007 - Turnaround in 2007
2007 has been a busy year for the turnaround marketplace, and 2008 is likely to be busier still. As the impacts of the credit crunch take effect on the upper mid-market...

October 2007 - The end of an era?
UK commercial property has been an investors’ dream for many years, but are the days of high yields and low costs coming to a close? Daniel Wilkins surveys the prospects...

August 2007 - Buying a Business
An acquisition can be an excellent way to drive the growth of a business. For many companies an acquisition presents a quicker means of increasing shareholder value than the alternative route...

July 2007 - You never had it so good!
Some people will tell you that there has never been a better time to sell your business. With interest rates remaining relatively low and interest from private equity houses...

June 2007 - Due Diligence Who’s Who
With the continuing prominence of institutional investors in the mid-market transactional landscape comes a growing appreciation of the value of thorough and purposeful due diligence...

March 2007 - How to avoid dangerous liaisons:
With an acquisition into a foreign jurisdiction comes an acquisition into a foreign market with different rivals and different consumer habits. Knowledge of the local legislation is essential...

November 2006 - A change in direction: commercial due diligence and the M&A auction
As auctions become an increasingly common feature of company acquisitions, the role of the commercial due diligence provider...

September 2006 - Turning things around: Recovery in the UK
Turnaround has become a favourite buzz word for many industry commentators. Each week sees a new business, often high profile, beginning a period of restructuring and recovery...

August 2006 - Finance in the UK: plenty and sophistication
Raising finance in the UK has never been easier. The appetite of the private equity market remains large and debt is easy to secure...

June 2006 - Due Diligence: The rise of an industry
The sophistication of the private equity and venture capital cultures in the UK, which has become very pronounced in recent years, has necessitated the expansion of advisory services...

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