Last year’s Party Congress made clear China’s commitment to environmental protection: in his opening speech, President Xi Jinping mentioned “environment” 89 times, while “economy” stopped at 70. The new environmental zeal has led to a surge in relocations and shutdowns, impacting companies active in China or heavily reliant on Chinese suppliers. This was illustrated by … Continued
On 26 December 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) issued the Administrative Measures for Enterprise Outbound Investment[1] (“Regulation No. 11”) which will come into force on 1 March 2018. Regulation No. 11 contains six chapters and 66 articles. Compared to the 2014 Administrative Measures for the Verification and Record-filing on Outbound Investment Projects[2] … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: Global deal volume in 2017 exceeded US$3.6 trillion, just US$80 billion shy of 2016’s volume. 2015, 2016, and 2017 have been the three strongest years of deal-making since the financial crisis, with 2015 representing the high water mark of US$4.4 trillion. Consistent with the trend over the previous two years, global M&A accelerated … Continued
Highlights The Australian public M&A market has seen relatively steady activity levels, with a modest increase in number of deals, but lower total deal value, in the 12 months to 30 June 2017 (FY17). Success rates were down on FY16, with 66% of deals announced in FY17 being completed. The level of contested bid activity … Continued
Global M&A accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2017, driven in part by tech expansion and strong economies in several key markets, and there are many signals pointing to a continued strong pace of transactions, including in the U.S. Overall M&A volume in 2017 continued to be robust, reaching $3.6 trillion, approximately 35% of which … Continued
As we conclude the contested law’s first phase, its widespread impact is felt on the Israeli market Known from ancient times as a land of milk and honey, nowadays the nation of Israel is also a nation of opportunity. The law commonly referred to in Israel as the “Concentration Law,” requires investors deemed to be … Continued
The UK Government recently published its long awaited green paper on control of foreign investment (the Green Paper).1 It proposes measures to increase Government scrutiny of foreign investment but only in relation to national security and not on the broader political grounds previous public statements have hinted at. Specifically, the Green Paper sets out two … Continued
Executive summary Legal restrictions concerning companies operating in certain strategic sectors of the economy and state companies were enacted in Poland. The Polish regulations track similar limitations already functioning in some other countries in the European Union and elsewhere. Under these restrictions, the Polish authorities can object to numerous transactions involving companies deemed to be … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: Global M&A volume in Q3 was ~US$820 billion, consistent with Q2 levels. Cross-border transactions continued to account for approximately 38% of both overall deal activity and of the largest deals. Deal volume involving an emerging economy acquirer and a developed economy target grew nearly 12% relative to Q2 and continued to substantially outpace … Continued
Executive Summary: Recent legislative measures affecting private and public M&A include: Effective November 2017, the scope of the Austrian merger control regime will be broadened. Effective January 3, 2018, public M&A will be affected by a change in takeover procedures as well as new delisting rules allowing voluntary de-listings from the Vienna Stock Exchange in … Continued
