Recent Trends In M&A Activity: An Increasingly Hostile Environment

Topics:
Acquisitions
Tags:
Activity,
Banking,
Environment,
Finance,
Financial Planning,
Financial Services,
Investment,
M&A,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Source:
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz

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Overview: The economic landscape and continued stock market turbulence of 2001, the outlook for 2002 indicates that hostile activity will continue to increase and suggests that this activity could be concentrated in industries currently undergoing consolidation, including banking, financial services, energy and utilities. This article briefly reviews the background and use of hostile acquisitions, examines the reasons for the increased levels of hostile activity and reviews key issue for both potential hostile acquires and targets to consider.

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Format: PDF | Size: 124KB | Date: Apr 2002 | Pages: 8

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