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About the Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHAPTER ONE:
IntroductIon 9
2007: a story of two halves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Sovereign wealth funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
CHAPTER TWO:
StatIStIcal data 19
M&A trends 1997-2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Financial sponsor trends 2000-2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
M&A and private equity in 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
CHAPTER THREE:
Global outlook 39
Will the next wave of M&A create more value? . . . . . . . . . . .40
International M&A takes centre stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Recent developments and their implications for M&A in 2008 . . . . . . .46
Emerging markets and M&A activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Developments in merger control in the EU and worldwide . . . . . . .53
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CHAPTER FOUR:
PrIvate equIty marketS 57
The case for value creation focused LBOs. . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Is there a credit crunch in the mid-market? . . . . . . . . . . . .61
The changing face of the MBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
CHAPTER FIVE:
StructurInG and neGotIatInG the deal 67
Preparing a company for sale to maximise value . . . . . . . . . . .68
Steps to a successful private company sale. . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Non-binding preliminary agreements: use ‘good faith’ with caution . . . . .74
Auctions in the M&A process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Domestic versus foreign acquirers: managing an international sale process . . .81
Going global: successfully negotiating multi-jurisdiction transactions . . . . .85
Key issues in structuring and negotiating leasing company acquisitions . . . .88
Drafting material adverse change clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Deal certainty and recent dislocations in the credit and M&A markets . . . .97
Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements to anticipate challenges . . . 101
Effective earn-out provisions in sale & purchase agreements . . . . . . 104
Risk allocation – driving force behind the M&A process. . . . . . . . 106
Directors’ duties in M&A transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
M&A – an insurable risk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Exploring the potential of joint ventures to create value as
opposed to outright M&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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CHAPTER SIX:
accountInG and fInancIal challenGeS 118
Valuing assets in M&A under IFRS 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Growing influence of IFRS in M&A: why dealmakers should care . . . . . 122
Valuation and solvency analysis in failing firm claims . . . . . . . . . 125
CHAPTER SEVEN:
due dIlIGence and InteGratIon 128
The evolution of diligence: how a multi-discipline approach gives buyers a
competitive edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Commercial due diligence and the nine levers of corporate growth . . . . 133
Sell-side online datarooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Utilising the extended customer chain to enhance due diligence . . . . . 139
Due diligence trends in Europe – commercial, operational and cultural twists . 144
Due diligence and integration planning in cross-border transactions . . . . 146
Breakthrough value creation in M&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Cross-border M&A: downstream implications . . . . . . . . . . 153
Integration – the key to a successful merger . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Protecting your cultural assets through an integration . . . . . . . . 161
Human resources – a fundamental part of the planning phase . . . . . . 164
Maximising deal value through the human side of M&A integration . . . . 167
Post-deal soft skills in emerging markets . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
IT integration challenges in M&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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CHAPTER EIGHT:
envIronmental ISSueS 177
Climate change and the cost of carbon: incorporation into M&A deals . . . 178
Identifying opportunity in the carbon era . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
The affect of market turmoil on the treatment of
environmental liabilities in transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CHAPTER NINE:
Sector analySIS 185
Trends in independent oil company M&A . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
European airline industry: value creation through M&A . . . . . . . . 190
M&A boom in the CEE telecommunications market . . . . . . . . 195
CHAPTER TEN:
reGIonal vIew – the amerIcaS 198
The M&A world comes to the United States . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Taking advantage of the weak US dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Deal or no deal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
A brief glossary of US M&A terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Recent developments in Canadian M&A . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
New rules of the game in Canadian antitrust . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Canada’s foreign investment review process . . . . . . . . . . . 219
New developments spur M&A growth in Latin America . . . . . . . 222
New incentives for investing in private equity in Chile . . . . . . . . 226
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