We were happy to see many of you at our “Blockchain and FinTech Opportunities” conference on Thursday, July 13.

If you were unable to attend or would like to review a recap of the event, key takeaways from the day’s discussions and videos of the panels can be found here.

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The German M&A market holds its ground; despite falling transaction volumes, transaction values are on the rise. Q2/2017 sees Fresenius agree both the acquisition of U.S. competitor Akorn and that of Merck’s biosimilars business. John Deere acquires road construction equipment manufacturer Wirtgen. 1&1 Telecommunications and Drillisch are set to be brought under the umbrella of

On May 18, 2017, the European Commission fined Facebook €110 million for providing incorrect or misleading information during its 2014 investigation of its acquisition of WhatsApp.  The magnitude of the fine dwarfs the few penalties the Commission has imposed in the past for similar infractions and, as Commissioner Vestager made clear, “sends a clear

The German M&A market has remained active in Q1/2017: General Motors agreed the sale of Opel to Peugeot, Henkel made another US acquisition with Darex, and Clayton Dubilier & Rice sold the industry packaging specialist Mauser on to BWAY. The merger between Linde and Praxair is imminent. The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse merger,

We were glad to see over 195 of you in San Francisco a month ago for the lively discussions on “M&A, Antitrust and The Board Room in 2017: Challenges and Conundrums for the West Coast” among senior personnel from in-house corporate development and legal teams, law firms, financial advisory and investment banking firms, proxy solicitors,

Following the international record set in 2015, the M&A market in 2016 has proven to be robust. External influences such as the Brexit referendum in early summer and the U.S. presidential election in November did in fact have an impact, but the M&A market has held its own despite the apprehension on several fronts. In