- Global M&A in 2014: the big picture
- Key corporate and commercial issues affecting M&A activity in 2014
- Key tax and structuring issues affecting M&A activity in 2014
Omleen Ajimal, Director of International Tax, Squire Patton Boggs
4. Highlights of the year (1)
Return of “big-ticket” M&A
Based on data sourced from Experian
MarketIQ as at 12 November 2014
5. Highlights of the year (2)
The trickle-down effect
Based on data sourced from Experian
MarketIQ as at 12 November 2014
6. Highlights of the year (3)
Average deal size:
•US$251m in Q3 2014
•…the highest since US$309m in Q2 2007
Sourced from a MergerMarket Report:
Monthly M&A Insider, October 2014
7. Highlights of the year (4)
The US “Corporate Inversion”
Based on source data gathered
from Bloomberg to October 2014
15. Intellectual Property
•Who owns what?
•Valuing IP
•Protecting IP in cross-border M&A
•The strategic role of IP in cross-border M&A
16. Corporate structuring
•Types of corporate structures:
•Takeovers
•Schemes of Arrangement
•Continental European-style mergers
•Inversions and spinversions
•Partnerships and Joint-Ventures
•Regulatory considerations
•Tax considerations
17. KEY TAX AND STRUCTURING ISSUES AFFECTING M&AACTIVITY IN 2014
18. Cross-border tax structuring
•Reducing the global tax bill
•Traps and pitfalls
•Regional approaches to tax:
•“Source” v “Residence” taxation
•“Worldwide” v “Territorial” taxation