August 19, 2016
The European M&A market saw record trends in 2015, with Q4 2015 being the highest ever quarter for deal value in Europe, exceeding €420billion[1]. A weakening euro resulted in strong US investment playing an important role, and amounting to over US$ 208 billion. This seems to have particularly fuelled European M&A, which saw deal values…
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August 17, 2016
I. Background As a consequence of the promulgation of Environmental Laws in México over the past five years, the topic of risk and environmental liability has become a major issue of merger and acquisition operations. Moreover, in this type of operation, it is crucial to take into account the very nature of the transaction in…
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August 4, 2016
Introduction It is now one month since the 23 June EU Referendum, and few could have anticipated the positive tone to markets and surprisingly buoyant reaction to the Brexit result. Since 23 June, equity markets have rallied strongly while bond yields have fallen further, and the Sterling is still trading at an all-time low versus…
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July 28, 2016
For the uninitiated, doing business in the United States can seem especially daunting. Each state has different laws and compliance requirements, meaning the United States is comprised of 50 different jurisdictions, plus the District of Columbia! Not only that, US territories such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands…
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July 14, 2016
The United Kingdom has introduced, with effect from 6 April 2016, a new statutory register for UK companies called a PSC register. This is an acronym for “People with Significant Control”. Any individual who exercises or who has the right to exercise significant influence or control over a UK company must have his or her…
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