‘The UK competition practice has been transformed by Brexit’ observes Nick Levy, a partner in Cleary Gottlieb’s London antitrust team. It’s well documented that since the UK’s exit from the EU, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has embraced a position of intensified scrutiny, leading to parallel investigations and outcomes with the European Commission (EC).
‘There is hope that 2024 will be a year of recovery for the M&A market,’ says Gavin Davies, head of Herbert Smith Freehills’ global M&A practice. Over at FTSE adviser stalwart Slaughter and May, the firm’s co-head of corporate and M&A, Richard Smith, agrees that the firm is ‘happy’ with the way 2024 has started …
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Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer, and has it lived up to expectations? M&A was the fourth seat of my training contract at King & Wood Mallesons. Until then, I was going to be a litigator. I’ve always been swayed by people more than anything else. During my fourth seat I was …
Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer, and has it lived up to expectations? My great grandfather was a lawyer, my grandfather was a lawyer, my father is a lawyer. I told my parents when I finished high school that I was considering a career as a doctor… you can imagine the reaction…
Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer, and has it lived up to expectations? I became an M&A lawyer because I was instantly drawn to the pace and diversity that comes with being at the centre of a transaction – I don’t think my personality would work well not knowing everything about everything …
It first appeared that cautious optimism would characterise the Iberian legal market in 2023 but no-one predicted quite how turbulent the year would turn out to be. Rising interest rates, mounting geopolitical tensions in Europe, and a risk-averse investment environment created arduous conditions for deal-making across the continent. Portugal and Spain were no exception. In …
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