Practice area spotlight: M&A
As its domestic market shrinks, the recent EU-Japanese Economic Partnership Agreement set a positive signal for Japan’s cross-border M&A market, write Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu’s Kei Asatsuma, Shuichi Nishimura and Kuhlmann Axel
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Japan and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The Japanese legal market remains very business and investment friendly. One of the most significant changes in the past was the introduction of 2015’s Corporate Governance Code, with the goal of promoting sustainable corporate …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
But the consolidation of insurance and fiduciary businesses is also significant, along with developments in FinTech and cryptocurrency, explains Wendy Benjamin
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Jersey and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? 2017 was a relatively busy year for Jersey M&A activity, reflecting the global market. Despite the current global geopolitical and regulatory concerns, the high number of deals seen in the last three years is …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
South America’s largest country must emerge from its recession years and come up with sound economic policies to once more gain the trust of the international M&A community, writes Thiago Barbosa Sandim of Demarest Avogados
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Brazil and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? I would say the legal market is showing surprising levels of resilience and growth for a country in such a turmoil for such a long per iod. The compound annual growth rate of our …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
The jurisdiction also remains popular for ICOs of cryptocurrencies and special purpose acquisition vehicles, advise David Clark and Brittany Cummings
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in the BVI and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The BVI suffered severe damage in Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. In the aftermath of the storms, the financial services community formed an alliance and worked together to ensure the safety …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Clients’ expectations are pushing firms to take a multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional approach, explain Deloitte Legal’s Reneta Petkova, Kaloyan Yordanov, Nikolay Kolev and Hristo Milushev
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Bulgaria and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The high level of competition in the Bulgarian market, which includes both well-established local players and international law firms, has brought down the price for legal services and underscored the need for effectiveness as …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Appleby’s Jacob MacAdam and Dean Bennett talk legislative reform, M&A restructurings, Brexit and why young lawyers need to trust their judgement
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in the Cayman Islands and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? 2018 has seen the continuation of an unprecedented period of deal making across all sectors. The global conditions that drove M&A activity in 2017 remain at the time of writing – buyers …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Similarities between the Cypriot and English legal systems may lead to an increase in inbound cross-border mergers post-Brexit, predict EY Law Cyprus’ Charalambos G. Prountzos, Iacovos Kouppas and George Hadjikyprianou
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Cyprus and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The main legal framework for M&A transactions (both for private and public companies) in Cyprus is provided by English common law principles and statutory provisions, primarily, the Cyprus Companies Law, Cap 113 as subsequently …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Private equity funds and buy-out firms are driving a significant amount of M&A activity, while schemes of arrangement have become a popular means for effecting deals, write Andrew Harding and Jeremy Berchem
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Guernsey and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The local M&A market in Guernsey was relatively active throughout 2017, and this has continued well into 2018. We would characte rise the market as, for the most part, a “seller’s market”, with a …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Markus Fellner considers the challenge in representing buyers in auction process, an increased use of W&I insurance, and why young lawyers should not focus too closely on the AI debate
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Austria and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? While the number of transactions has remained steady at a high level (approximately 180 transactions in the first half of 2018), the deal volume for the first half of 2018 has reached an all-time …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Lawyers must learn to adapt to the differences between jurisdictions and to
work effectively with onshore counsel, suggest Matt Ebbs-Brewer and Gary Harris
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Bermuda and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? Bermuda’s legal market has been subject to a recent spate of growth with new participants entering the market. As attorneys with an existing practice, we have to continue to ensure that our clients receive …
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