Global M&A Intelligence Report

Check out DLA Piper 2019 Global M&A Intelligence Report. This annual report analyzes key deal terms in over 2,000 DLA Piper-led private M&A transactions from the last five years.

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Findings in this year’s report include:

•	Typical transaction structures and deal processes used globally
•	The impact that an auction process has on the legal terms of a sale and the apportionment of liability between buyers and sellers
•	Who wins the auction game and how to do it
•	Pricing mechanisms and the impact of geography
•	How private equity behaves when buying and selling and how this differs to the approach taken by trade
•	Typical earnout terms
•	MAC provisions and the general apportionment of risk in a conditional deal
•	What is market for seller protections – caps, baskets, claim periods
•	The impact of M&A insurance on deal terms