Executive Summary/Highlights Global M&A volume for 2025 was US$4.6 trillion, 45% higher than 2024 (US$3.2 trillion). Fourth quarter 2025 was the busiest since Q4 2021 with $1.7 trillion in deals announced, including Netflix’s US$99 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (also the largest deal of 2025), Kimberly-Clark’s US$51 billion acquisition of Kenvue Inc. and the … Continued
Following record-breaking M&A activity in 2021, M&A volume over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022 reverted toward the mean, with a significant slowdown in the second half of the year. Global M&A volume in 2022 was US$3.6 trillion, down from US$6.2 trillion in 2021 and closer to the annual average of US$4.3 trillion over the prior 10-year period.
Nasdaq has introduced a “Nordic Main Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares” (the “Rulebook”), comprising Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm (the “Exchanges”). The Rulebook entered into force on 1 May 2020 and is comprised of two parts. The first part is a harmonized set of rules applicable to issuers of shares … Continued
This is a revised summary version of our initial client memos regarding the crisis. In his speech on March 16, President Macron stated, “we are at war,” six times. Since then, businesses continue to assimilate and react to the radical changes that have occurred over the last weeks. The government and various regulators, including the … Continued
Cross-Border M&A – 2019 Checklist for Successful Acquisitions in the United States M&A in 2018 began with a bang, with more than $350 billion of deals in January 2018 – a January level not seen since 2000 – and much chatter that M&A volume for the year could hit an all-time record. As it turned … Continued
Bond Market Enforcement to be Unified under the CSRC On December 3, 2018, the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”), the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and the National Development and Reform Commission (the “NDRC”), were authorized by the State Council to jointly issue their Opinions Concerning the Relevant Issues on Further Strengthening Law … Continued
Highlights: The private equity business it has recovered to a constant level. In 2012, private equity transactions related to Germany reached a total volume of approx. EUR 5.8B. Other than in the United States, volumes and conditions have not returned to their levels of before 2007, but there is development in this direction. Following 2007, … Continued
Highlights: New legislation reduces the income tax applicable to income from debentures issued by special purpose companies (SPCs) incorporated to carry out infrastructure investment projects or projects for intensive economic production in research, development and innovation that are deemed “priorities” by the federal government. Legal entities domiciled in Brazil are subject to a 15% tax … Continued
The attached slides summarize trends in cross-border M&A and strategic investment activity throughout the first quarter of 2011. Highlights: Global M&A volume for Q1 2011 was US$671.8 billion, up 29.5% as compared to Q1 2010. Cross-border transactions have rebounded substantially from 2009: 38% of Q1 2011 global M&A was cross-border — up slightly from … Continued
