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SuperReturn International 2025: Four Key Takeaways

JD Supra: Mergers

Ropes & Gray attended the SuperReturn International conference in Berlin last week, which attracted over 5,500 decision makers from the private markets industry who came together to share their outlook for 2025 and beyond.

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UK Equity Capital Markets Insights — August 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

In this edition of UK Equity Capital Markets Insights, we cover the following developments: • Consultation by the UK Takeover Panel on IPO Disclosures and Dual Class Share Structures - • The Publication of the UK FCA’s Final Rules on the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime - • The Publication of the UK Digitisation Taskforce’s Final Report (..)

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Momentum Shift: Canada’s M&A Landscape in 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

A variety of factors are expected to significantly increase Canadian M&A activity in 2025. We expect to enter 2025 with some positive momentum in Canadian dealmaking.

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DOJ Declines to Prosecute Private Equity Firm after Post-Acquisition Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions and Export Control Violations

JD Supra: Mergers

In its first application of the policy on voluntary self-disclosures (“VSDs”) in connection with mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), on June 16, 2025, the US Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) National Security Division (“NSD”) announced that it had declined to prosecute a US private equity firm after it voluntarily disclosed criminal violations of (..)

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The UK Takeover Panel’s Guidance on “Stub Equity” In Take-Private Transactions

JD Supra: Mergers

On 3 July 2025, the UK Takeover Panel (Panel) published a new Practice Statement 36 (PS 36), which provides formal guidance on how the Panel will interpret and apply the Takeover Code to an “unlisted share alternative” (known as stub equity) in the context of a take-private transaction of a UK public company.

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U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - April 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

private equity market. Read our latest insights into the U.S. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead. The drop in March deal count pushed Q1 deal count to the lowest quarterly level since the onset of the pandemic in Q2 2020.

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Private Equity Investment in Health Care Providers and Technology – 2025 Midyear Outlook

JD Supra: Mergers

As of mid-2025, private equity (PE) investors remain intensely interested in health care services and technology companies despite higher borrowing costs, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and an increasingly complex state review landscape. By: ArentFox Schiff