The 2010 guide to Mergers and Acquisitions

• Editorial

  The welcome return of M&A

• CIS: View of the region

  Delphine Nougayrède, Margarita Karpenko and Ted Jonas of DLA Piper give an update on M&A in CIS

• Canada: Lessons from the market

  William J Braithwaite and John J Ciardullo of Stikeman Elliott discuss recent decisions of interest in the Canadian M&A market

• Denmark: Deals go faster as M&A goes one-on-one

  Jesper Rothe and Jakob Kristensen of Philip consider an area of law which is developing rapidly

• Germany: Slow recovery

  Philipp von Braunschweig of P+P Pöllath+Partners on how the German M&A market is coming out of the financial crisis

• Greece: M&A issues in listed companies

  Elena Tsohou of Norton Rose in Greece explains some of the issues in structuring M&A transactions in listed companies

• Hungary: How M&A will return

  Attila Terényi of Oppenheim explains how new deals will emerge in Hungary and outlines the best ways to structure them

• India: Defining control

  Sandip Bhagat, Rajat Sethi and Poornima Sampath of S&R Associates sift through regulation for answers

• Indonesia: Conflicting rules

  Ahmad Fikri Assegaf and Bono Daru Adji of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners provide an insight into pre- notification and interlocking directorate in M&A transactions

• Japan: The best approach

  Junichi Kondo and Etsuko Hara of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune debate different types of acquisition and the regulations that govern them

• Kuwait: In principle but not in practice?

  Rob Little and Zara Merali of ASAR discuss whether Kuwait’s new financial regulations fit with existing legislation

• Luxembourg: A lost opportunity?

  Gérald Origer and Nicolas Marchand of Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg discuss how changes to European and local laws will affect Luxembourg’s financial assistance rules

• Malaysia: Boosting the regulatory framework

  Tan Hon Yik of Naqiz & Partners gives an overview of legislative changes and proposals

• Mexico: Investment potential

  Daniel Del Río Loaiza of Basham, Ringe y Correa outlines his predictions for 2010

• Moldova: Picking from the orchard

  Alexander Turcan and Octavian Cazac of Turcan & Turcan outline the highs and lows of the Moldovan regime

• Portugal: Tread carefully

  Susana Enes of Pedro Pinto Reis & Associados explores the legal issues surrounding representations and warranties in share purchase agreements in Portugal

• South Africa: Modernising corporate law

  Charles Douglas and Chris Green of Bowman Gilfillan consider the changes introduced by the new Companies Act

• South Korea: Expansion in 2010?

  Sang Hyuk Park and Gene Oh Kim of Kim & Chang analyse the local appetite for business growth

• Spain: A positive step

  Vicente Conde and Oriol Armengol of Perez-LLorca examine how Law 3/2009 has shaped M&A in the past year

• Switzerland: New rules, new deals

  Alexander Vogel, Christoph Heiz and Andrea Sieber of meyerlustenberger discuss what legislation governs M&A in Switzerland

• Taiwan: Encouraging Chinese investors

  Ken-Ying Tseng, Robin Chang, Lihuei Mao, and Patricia Lin of Lee and Li consider Taiwan’s attempts to make its corporate environment more attractive

• Turkey: A system promoting mergers

  Professor Ercument Erdem and Özgür Kocabasoglu of Erdem & Erdem on M&A in the draft commercial code

• Ukraine: How the crisis changed M&A

  Armen Khachaturyan, senior partner of Asters, looks at recent changes to corporate law