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Legal pros expect AI to drive most M&A processes within 10 years
- April 2025
A new survey of legal professionals by legal technology solutions firm Litera has found that law firms are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) within their dealmaking processes and that most professionals expect that AI-based technologies will be used to complete the majority of M&A processes in ...
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FOR BUYERS Now's the time to buy: global M&A deals reach pre-recession highsMerger mania is taking over; the value of global mergers and acquisitions has reached $1.75 trillion...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Dissecting opportunities from distressed retail businessesThe retail industry has arguably been one of the worst hit sectors by the global recession that has ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Discover which UK sector is poised for take-off … and why now is the perfect time to buy inEven as investors see a glimmer of returning economic confidence, UK insolvencies refuse to return t...
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FOR BUYERS Economic recovery separates the weak and strongIt hasn’t been the most uplifting news week for UK SMEs; after the positive announcements that the...
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FOR BUYERS Zombie businesses rise againOne in five businesses in the UK would struggle should interest rates rise by one percentage point b...
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FOR BUYERS One Direction star completes Doncaster Rovers takeoverOut of all the articles about business acquisitions to have appeared in the news this week, few will...
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FOR BUYERS Saatchi calls for abolition of corporation taxThe Government ought to abolish corporation tax for all of the UK’s small businesses - so says Lor...
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FOR BUYERS BRC business rates reform to boost expansion plansIn a week that has already been widely acknowledged as a positive one for the UK’s small businesse...
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FOR BUYERS Queen's Speech: what it means for UK businessesToday (4 June) the Queen’s Speech marked the formal start of the parliamentary year and as is cust...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS British manufacturing: Rumours of my demise are greatly exaggeratedAs the manufacturing sector continues its improvement in output performance, insolvency figures indi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS M&A volumes drop in first quarterDespite predictions for continued growth, the volume of M&A deals in the first quarter of 2014 dropp...
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FOR BUYERS Alternate lender legislation to boost SMEsOn Wednesday 4 June, the Queen will mark the formal start of the parliamentary year and within the Q...
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FOR BUYERS Football clubs in financial distress on the riseFootball is always remarked as being a ‘high pressure’ sport, but this pressure extends well bey...