M&A

News analysis

• ISDS and TTIP: why all the fuss?

  17 June 2015

  Last week’s delay of the European Parliament’s vote on the US-EU trade pact has created new impetus to debunk myths surrounding its most contentious provision – investor-state dispute settlement

• GTECH-IGT tests EU Merger Directive

  03 June 2015

  The deal that created one of the world’s biggest gaming groups is the first to use the EU Cross-Border Merger Directive, and has drawn the US into Europe’s loyalty-based shares debate.

• EC tougher than Mofcom on merger clearance

  02 June 2015

  A recent report by Linklaters reveals that merger control enforcement rates are higher in the EU than the US and China

• Russia civil code changes diluted by court discretion

  02 June 2015

  Amendments took effect this week, introducing reps and warranties, indemnities and options into M&A practice. But meaningful change will have to wait until courts rule on the discretionary features of the changes