Rules of engagement – recent reflections on pre-scheme agreements with major shareholders

As the unsuccessful scheme proposal for Origin illustrated last year, it can be tough to acquire an ASX-listed target with a major shareholder.

25 June 2024

Three’s a crowd, but does it really hurt to have an interloper around? Five ways to make competitive tension work for a deal

Competition in the market for control of a listed company is nothing to be afraid of; quite the opposite.

25 June 2024

The View from New York

KWM Public M&A Partner Nicola Charlston and private capital / M&A Partner Anthony Boogert recently returned from International Bar Association's annual M&A conference in New York, discussing everything from global M&A trends, outlook, hot topics, Private Equity, governance and activism, healthcare and life sciences, geopolitics and competition policy and plenty more.

25 June 2024

Big MACs and Supersized Reverse Break Fees: Deal certainty post covid

Keen readers of M&A in the City will know we’ve observed targets increasingly flexing their muscle on deal protections.

25 June 2024