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Lawfront – Setting the pace in legal M&A
- July 2024
Over the past two or three years, dealmaking in the legal sector has begun to spring back to life, following a decade of steady decline during the 2010s. While the sector is far from reaching the levels of activity seen in industries such as wealth management and insurance, there is no doubt that l...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Call for new UK government to introduce SBA-style business loansWith UK SMEs continuing to face an uncertain economy, low consumer confidence, high prices and, perh...
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FOR BUYERS Study suggests due diligence taking significantly longer than a decade agoAccording to new research from Bayes Business School conducted for SS&C Intralinks, investors are ta...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Company insolvencies fall as activity improvesOfficial data has revealed that fewer companies fell into insolvencies across England Wales during M...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established companyLearn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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SECTOR GUIDES NatWest boss predicts further UK banking consolidationThe CEO of NatWest has predicted that there will be more consolidation in the UK banking industry ov...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS In M&A, crime definitely does not payM&A transactions are often complex and sometimes risky. Will the merged group generate the revenu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A expected to rebound from quarterly declineNew figures have revealed that the number of UK M&A deals declined during the first quarter of the y...
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SECTOR GUIDES Time to buy into UK services sector?The strong performance of businesses in the UK’s service industries has provided one of the cleare...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Lynx Equity – 60 business acquisitions and countingLynx Equity Limited is a private equity firm that specialises in the acquisition of small and medium...
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FOR BUYERS 90 per cent of IFAs and financial planners predict more M&AA new survey has revealed that nine in 10 (90 per cent) independent financial advisers (IFAs) and fi...
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FOR BUYERS Food and drink deals hit highest volume since 2016M&A activity in the food and drink sector has reached its highest volume since 2016, according to a ...
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FOR SELLERS Early preparation crucial to capitalising on M&A reboundTakeover interest in UK companies has surged to its highest level in years, meaning that M&A now rep...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Construction insolvencies fall amid economic optimismAdministrations in the UK’s struggling construction sector fell sharply last month, amid signs tha...
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FOR SELLERS The importance of decentralising a business ownerBy Chris St Cartmail, Certified Exit Planning Adviser For many entrepreneurs, the idea of defining a...
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SECTOR GUIDES Distressed retail M&A: Opportunistic or strategic?Retail has been one of the sectors most notably impacted by the one-two punch of COVID-19 and the UK...