1. Global Trend Snapshot For the third time in this still relatively young century, the M&A market has come under considerable...

1. Deterioration in the US investment environment Tensions between China and the United States continue to escalate. In the past six...

1. Introduction Many businesses are facing an uncertain future due to the effects of the current pandemic. We’ve all seen the...

Introduction The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has brought material adverse effect (MAE) clauses in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions into renewed focus....

1. Introduction “When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters – one represents danger, and the other...

1. Introduction The macroeconomic corporate environment is becoming even more complex and dynamic on an account of insecure and ambivalent prospects,...

1. Introduction Despite economies around the world receiving unprecedented governmental support, the financial repercussions of the pandemic are affecting many businesses,...

1. Introduction The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19 (the “pandemic”), left a wake of death, economic calamity and...

1. Introduction The process of conducting mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions has not remained unaffected by the economic consequences of the...

1. Introduction In the recent past, Germany’s foreign investment control law has been continuously subject to discussions and amendments. Most recently,...

1. Introduction Successive UK governments have sought to position the United Kingdom as highly welcoming of foreign investment, as exemplified by...