This is the definitive crib sheet to see what is happening in global M&A. This edition comprises of over 150 pages of comment, data and statistics on the key issues in key M&A territories.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Creating and Empowering Engaged Special Committees
3. European private equity in Q1 2007: An update
4. UnitedHealth and WellPoint 'picked off' as LBO candidates, industry sources say
5. ABN Amro: Competition issues raised by deal with RBS consortium would be 'insurmountable'
6. CIMB Bank eyes regional acquisitions, looks at China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, VP says
7. North American Satellite Radio: What will be the verdict on the Sirius and XM merger?
8. North America
9. Asia-Pacific
10. Europe
11. UK
12. Germany
13. France
14. Italy
15. Benelux
16. Iberia
17. Nordic
18. CEE/CIS
A Supermarket for M&A? A quarter of the way through the year and we continue to witness significant M&A deal flow across most global territories. Furthermore, each week the news wires continue to churn out a fresh trail of potential targets, a significant proportion of which are actioned. Now, of course, not all deals are successful. Focusing in on the supermarket sector for instance, and past weeks saw the Sainsbury’s family reject a high-profile private equity consortium bid led by CVC. In France, meanwhile, analysts are still only speculating if the giant Carrefour could become an LBO target. Finally, across the globe private equity and trade buyers are battling to acquire Aussie supermarket chain Coles....
We hope you find this report useful and we would particularly welcome any feedback or questions you might have.
28 October 2008, Four Seasons Hotel Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
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