The 2007 Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions

• Editorial

• EU overview

  EU overview

• Great expectations

  Mark Curtis, Isabella Roberts and Jeremy Cruse of Simmons & Simmons identify the factors that have impacted on the EU's aim to create a level playing field for takeovers

• Austria

  Austria

• Squeeze-out options defined

  Austria's new takeover regime now includes a squeeze-out option. By Albert Birkner and Clemens Hasenauer of CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati

• Baltic States

  Baltic States

• Estonia

  By Mariana Hagström of Teder Glikman & Partnerid

• Latvia

  By Imants Jansons of Kronbergs & Cukste

• Lithuania

  By Egle Lauraityte and Gintautas Bartkus of Jurevicius Balciunas & Bartkus

• Canada

  Canada

• M&A continues to thrive

  M&A activity in Canada shows no signs of abating. William J Braithwaite and John J Ciardullo of Stikeman Elliott highlight the notable transactions and legal developments

• Finland

  Finland

• A year in review

  Nina Wilkman of Borenius & Kemppinen looks back at the year's developments in corporate legislation and how they affect M&A activity

• France

  France

• Q&A

  By Bruno Basuyaux, Jacques Buhart, Frédéric Grillier and Hubert Segain of Herbert Smith

• Hungary

  Hungary

• Hungary clarifies squeeze-out rules

  By László Nanyista and Kinga Hetényi of Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati in Budapest and Albert Birkner of Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati in Vienna

• Indonesia

  Indonesia

• Q&A

  By Eddy Hendra of Hendra Soenardi & Rekan

• Ireland

  Ireland

• Q&A

  By Abigail St John Kennedy of Dillon Eustace

• Italy

  Italy

• Q&A

  By Fiorella Alvino of Ughi e Nunziante

• Japan

  Japan

• Q&A

  By Akiko Sueoka of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

• Mexico

  Mexico

• Tender offer rules revamped

  Creel García-Cuéllar y Müggenburg explain how tender offers should be carried out under Mexico's new Securities Law

• The Netherlands

  The Netherlands

• Q&A

  By Johan Kleyn, Jan Louis Burggraaf and Gerard van Solinge of Allen & Overy

• Russia

  Russia

• Q&A

  By Delphine Nougayrède and Maria Ostroumova of DLA Piper Russia

• Slovakia

  Slovakia

• Shareholders feel the squeeze

  Karol Siska and Lucia Tadlánková of CHSH Siska & Partners outline the Slovak Republic's new squeeze-out regime

• Slovenia

  Slovenia

• Slovenia's takeover regime explained

  Slovenia recently introduced a new Takeover Act. Katarina Kresal of Miro Senica in odvetniki highlights some of the changes

• Spain

  Spain

• Q&A

  By Vicente Conde and Oriol Armengol of Perez-Llorca

• Switzerland

  Switzerland

• Q&A

  By Alexander Vogel, Christoph Heiz, Wolfgang Muller and Harald Maag of Meyer Lustenberger

• Taiwan

  Taiwan

• Q&A

  By James Chen, CT Chang, Alex Jui-Lin Liu and Sophia Yeh of Lee and Li

• Turkey

  Turkey

• Turkish market poised for growth

  Cüneyt Yüksel and Fulya Kazbay of YükselKarkinKüçük Law Firm provide an overview of M&A in Turkey and predict further growth for the market

• United Kingdom

  United Kingdom

• Divesting control by demerger

  By Alan Montgomery, Derek Hill and Robert Moore of Herbert Smith

• Exciting times

  Richard Sharples of Clifford Chance discusses recent developments in terms and structures for European leverage acquisition financing

• Trends to watch

  By Edward Braham, David Higgins, Stephen Hewes and Simon Weller of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• United States

  United States

• US developments

  John Marzulli, Jr and Sara Haskamp of Shearman & Sterling report on the M&A highlights of the past year