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ARTICLE · 14 DECEMBER 2015

Acquisitions Effected By Mergers, Amalgamations And Schemes Of Arrangements

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The body of Bermuda's law on companies, including the provisions through which business combinations and acquisitions of the same are effected, is contained in the Companies Act 1981, as amended (Companies Act).

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Matthew Ebbs-Brewer
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Bermuda is known as a first class centre for international business. This past year has seen a great deal of merger and acquisition activity for Bermuda headquartered (and often listed on an international stock exchange) companies in the (re)insurance space with their involvement in a series of significant business combinations and acquisitions. This has provided an opportunity to explore the ways in which such transactions can be effected by considering recent market trends to highlight matters that are commonly of interest or concern to clients and onshore counsel. These principles are equally applicable irrespective of one's involvement in the (re)insurance sector.

The body of Bermuda's law on companies, including the provisions through which business combinations and acquisitions of the same are effected, is contained in the Companies Act 1981, as amended (Companies Act). The Companies Act based many of its provisions on the Companies Act 1948 of the United

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