Welcome to KWM’s first edition of M&A in the City for 2024
In this edition we take you inside the biggest Australian Public M&A deal for 2024 so far, and spotlights M&A tactics that we see shaping a cautiously optimistic outlook for the remainder of 2024.
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In this edition
Insight
Should you order a big MAC, or a special one? What the data says about qualitative versus quantitative material adverse change clauses
If only public M&A worked like a fast food restaurant. You could order a juicy listed entity (with a premium of fries of course) and take delivery within a few minutes after an instant cash transaction.
25 March 2024
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The nominee director - a stake-builder’s secret source, or bound to the board they serve?
Stake building is officially back in vogue, with bidders of high conviction using the tool to get their foot in the door and get the ball rolling.
25 March 2024
Insight
The Altium deal podcast
KWM Corporate M&A Partners Dan Natale and David Friedlander recently advised Altium in its $9.1bn acquisition by business partner, Japanese electronics manufacturer Renesas.
25 March 2024
Insight
What doomsday prepper and opportunist Boards should both know about distress
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that commodity prices are in the doldrums and that the outlook in the near term from those in the know is not particularly positive.
22 March 2024