Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that we have seen a drop off in public M&A activity in the UK, as prices stabilise and activity picks up again, we expect to see financial buyers, such as private equity and sovereign wealth funds, leading the way.

In this podcast we discuss some of the features of a public M&A transaction in the UK that they may find challenging or unfamiliar, including rules around:

• secrecy

• management incentivisation and

• acting in concert.

Speakers: Antonia Kirkby and Lucy Robson