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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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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Half of all management buy-outs are distressed dealsAccording to latest figures released by KPMG this week, around half of MBO deals completed over the ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Rate of corporate insolvencies slowing
A recent PwC survey showing that the pace of business failures has slowed is an indicator that the s...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK business valuation prices rising
Prices paid for businesses show signs of improvement as debt/funding availabilty increases. Higher b...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Prices paid for businesses show signs of improvement
The Private Company Price Index (PCPI), produced by accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward, tracks the re...
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FOR BUYERS How to speed up the merger integration process
Several factors have been revealed as key to successfully integrating an acquired business, accordin...
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FOR BUYERS Get a solvency opinion before buying a business
During a corporate transaction, such as the purchase of a business, a solvency opinion is a financia...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Buying a failing business can be an excellent opportunity
Times are still tough for a lot of businesses. According to recent figures from The Insolvency Servi...
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FOR SELLERS Manage cash flow or there will be no business to sell
Most directors of failed businesses cite a drop in profitability caused by tougher trading condition...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Government clarifies rules on Pre-packs
In the current economic climate, as more companies fall into insolvency, we are witnessing the rise ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The importance of managing cash flow in tough trading conditions
Most directors of failed businesses cite a drop in profitability caused by tougher trading condition...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES High level of distressed companies in the UK an opportunity for some
Analysts at investment banking and advisory firm, Close Brothers, have reported that the UK is home ...
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FOR SELLERS How to sell a business in a recession
Common logic dictates that it's better to buy than to sell during a recession, when prices are ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Bosses to try and rescue Coffee Republic
Steven Bartlett, a non executive director of Coffee Republic since last October, has teamed up with ...
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FOR SELLERS Large European corporates put business assets up for sale
We have noticed that a number of large European businesses have put some of their assets on the mark...