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What M&A trends will transform the 2024 insurance landscape?
It is widely accepted that 2023 was one of the worst years in recent memory for M&A activity.
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Global | Publication | February 2020
On January 31, 2020, France, the United Kingdom and the United States announced a settlement with Airbus SE (Airbus), the French aircraft manufacturer, in relation to bribery allegations and, in the US and France, export control violations. The combined penalties total US$3.9 billion, the largest anti-corruption settlement in history. The settlement offers insight into corruption enforcement in the different countries and, perhaps more importantly, a view of the future of coordinated multi-jurisdictional investigations and enforcement.
The case illustrates the trends that we are seeing in our practice: (i) regulators and prosecutors are increasingly working together to investigate and resolve issues; (ii) the ambit of extra-territorial jurisdiction is being continually expanded; and (iii) common global standards for effective compliance programs are emerging.
Read the full briefing on our Regulation Tomorrow blog.
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It is widely accepted that 2023 was one of the worst years in recent memory for M&A activity.
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The ongoing conflicts and further geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, coupled with upcoming elections in a number of key countries including the US and the UK, make 2024 challenging to predict what impact this will have on the insurance sector.
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On 6 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) prohibited Illumina’s acquisition of Grail, bringing to an end the administrative stage of a legal saga that has attracted interest beyond competition law specialists.
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