DLA Piper 2019 Global M&A Intelligence Report Launch - Helsinki

Our annual Global M&A Intelligence Report is based on an analysis of key deal terms in over 2,000 private M&A transactions on which we advised since 2015, over 500 of which closed in 2018. At this event, we provide you unique insight into current trends in M&A as well as an opportunity for key clients and contacts to network with other M&A professionals.

You will see analyses of a broad range of transaction terms and trends, including the following:

• 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 they do it
• The impact of geography to pricing mechanisms used
• How Private Equity behaves when buying and selling and how this differs to the approach taken by trade
• Typical earn-out terms
• MAC provisions and the general apportionment of risk in a conditional deal
• Clauses protecting sellers - caps, baskets, claim periods
• The impact of M&A insurance on deal terms.

Hard copies of the report are distributed at the event.

Agenda

8.30 - Breakfast

9.00 - Opening remarks

Ilkka Liljeroos, Partner, DLA Piper

9.10-10.00 - Market practice and key findings reviewed in the report

Tim Wright, Partner, Head of European Private Equity, DLA Piper; Christian Fenner, Partner, DLA Piper; Ilkka Liljeroos

10.00-10.30 - Discussion