Diversified healthcare company Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) on Friday agreed to buy Alere Inc (ALR.N) at a lower price than it had previously offered, after raising concerns about the accuracy of various representations...
Risk Transfer Solutions in an M&A transaction
An entrepreneur nurtures his business towards growth with a great deal of responsibility towards his venture. At some point he looks at inorganic growth through M&A as a means to enter new markets, to...
Aurobindo, Intas in race for $1 billion buyout of Teva UK, submit binding offers
MUMBAI: Homegrown drug makers AurobindoBSE -0.44 % and Intas are among the final contenders for the UK and Irish portfolio of Israeli generics behemoth Teva, put up for sale to comply with European anti-trust...
Principles for Setting Mergers and Acquisition Agreements in Perfect Order
The merger agreement sets forth, preconditions to closing, closing procedures and post-closing obligations Moreover, when one is dealing with billions of dollars, every aspect of the deal and the risks must be noted...
Insurers bullish on M&A cover
Insurers bullish on M&A cover With the heating up of the mergers and acquisitions space in India, insurers and international brokers are seeing business. Willis BA, a global insurance broker, has launched the...
Antitrust laws- A Study
Antitrust laws play an important role in ensuring that corporate transactions such as Mergers & Acquisitions have the benefit of competitive prices and quality of goods and services. The antitrust laws accomplish...
Acquisition of Distressed Assets
As banks and other traditional sources of capital find their balance sheets reflecting more and more under-performing assets, lending standards continue to tighten, leading to the well-publicized lack of commercial...