Public M&A EP23: Competing takeover offers
May 17, 2024•13 min
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Episode description
In the latest episode of our latest Herbert Smith Freehills UK public M&A podcast series, we discuss competing takeover offers. We have seen a significant uptick in competitive situations in recent months – we saw just one target receive firm competing offers in 2023, but have already seen four in the first four months of 2024. In this episode, we discuss:
• Why we are seeing more competitive situations
• How the put up or shut up (PUSU) deadline works
• What happens if one or both bidders need regulatory clearance and
• How competitive situations get resolved.
Speakers Mark Bardell, Robert Moore and Antonia Kirkby
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