Executive Summary/Highlights: Global M&A volume in Q1 was US$854 billion, the highest Q1 volume in recent years, carrying momentum from a strong 2014 into 2015. If deal activity continues at its current pace, global M&A activity in 2015 will at least match last year’s strong volume of approximately US$3.5 trillion. The surge in M&A activity … Continued
Executive summary: The following article discusses the introduction of the 2015 Regulations to overhaul the legal regime to address challenges posed by the 1992 Regulations. Such challenges included limited scope of definition of ‘insider’ or ‘connected person’, no clear guidance on due diligence in listed company transactions and over regulation by prescribing detailed disclosure requirements … Continued
MAIN ARTICLE Korea had the strongest and most active M&A market in 2014 during the past five years with a 47% increase in announced deal volume from USD 64.8 billion in 2013 to USD 95 billion in 2014 (based on Bloomberg statistics), and Kim & Chang had the privilege of advising on transactions accounting for … Continued
Executive Summary: 2014 witnessed significant changes to the laws and regulations governing public tender offers in France. Among the more notable changes were: “passivity rule”: the reversal of France’s 2006 opt-in to the Takeover Directive’s version of the English “passivity rule”; double voting rights: the default rule for listed companies now provides double voting rights for all … Continued
Executive Summary: While most merger transactions have been passed by the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) without conducting a detailed investigation, the CCI has escalated recent combinations to such greater review. This article examines the procedure of the CCI in relation to so-called Phase II inquiries in proposed combinations and highlights some of the teething … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: Global M&A was robust in 2014, hitting two noteworthy post-crisis high-water marks: total global volume reached US$3.5 trillion, and cross-border volume reached US$1.38 trillion. Cross-border M&A reached its highest level since the financial crisis, accounting for 40% of global M&A in 2014, and included some of the year’s largest deals, including many above … Continued
Executive Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce released for comment major legislation, the draft Foreign Investment Law, to overhaul the regulation of foreign direct investment. The article below discusses how these major changes could impacting foreign investment enterprises and variable interest entities. MAIN ARTICLE The best way to understand the draft Foreign Investment Law (“Draft”), circulated by … Continued
Highlights: M&A was robust in 2014, hitting several noteworthy post-crisis high-water marks: total global volume reached US$3.5 trillion, cross-border volume reached US$1.3 trillion (37% of the total) and cross-border M&A involving U.S. companies reached US$770 billion (45% of which was incoming). We expect current trends to continue in 2015, driven, in several key regions, by … Continued
Executive Summary: We are pleased to share with you Davies Governance Insights 2014, the fourth edition of our annual analysis of important trends and developments in corporate governance for Canadian public companies during 2014. In Directors and Boards, we note that the gender profile of boards reveals a modest increase in female representation, as well … Continued
Highlights The Australian public M&A market has seen a resurgence in deal activity over the 12 months to 30 June 2014. The resurgence has been particularly strong in large transactions. FY2014 also saw an increase in competitive bid scenarios. Overall, success rates for transactions remained relatively steady at 64% in FY2014, up from 63% in … Continued
