M&A

Deals analysis

• Two-step mergers grow with Brazil deal

  09 January 2012

  Brazil’s first mid-market investment into the US has used the increasingly popular top-up option to close the two-step merger

News analysis

• How to prepare for Mofcom’s new M&A rules

  27 January 2012

  Lawyers in Mainland China have urged companies to screen all M&A deals, regardless of size or location, ahead of new Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (Mofcom) merger rules which take effect February 1

• Brazilian judge: corruption reform to increase FDI

  13 January 2012

  Foreign direct investment into Brazil will increase if a bill that make companies liable for corrupt business practices is passed, Sao Paulo Federal Appeals Court Judge Fausto De Sanctis has told IFLR

• Dodd-Frank and Bribery Act: US whistleblowing to hit UK firms

  12 January 2012

  It’s only a matter of time before financial incentives to report US securities and commodities law violations start impacting the UK market, lawyers have warned