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. Asian Media M&A Prospects
3. What are Macquarie's prospects post-Qantas failure?
4. Looking for signs of distress in European private equity
5. What will happen to La Salle Bank
6. North America
7. Asia-Pacific
8. Europe
9. UK
10. Germany
11. France
12. Italy
13. Benelux
14. Iberia
15. Nordic
16. CEE/CIS
The darling buds of May?: The traditional beginning of spring has brought with it a mixed bag of budding deals, late bloomers and bad seeds. Competing take over approaches for ABN Amro continue to dominate the crop of deals this month. Reports are circulating that disgruntled parties are lobbying for ABN Amro’s CEO and CFO to resign over perceived conflict of interest concerns. Both men are supporting Barclays’ bid, as a sale to Royal Bank of Scotland would leave them open to legal action in the US over the cancelled sale of their US subsidiary, La Salle Bank to Bank of America...
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28 October 2008, Four Seasons Hotel Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
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