Global Selloff Puts a Record Year for Dealmaking Under Threat
2015-08-24 19:25:14.234 GMT
By Manuel Baigorri and Elizabeth Fournier
(Bloomberg) -- Global stocks selloff could find its next
victim in this yr’s booming mkt for M&A.
* Dealmaking activity may slow down as wave of selling erodes
execs’ confidence in pursuing growth via M&A or IPO
* Deals with some stock component may be particularly at risk
* Deals that are being negotiated but aren’t public yet will
become vulnerable: Allen & Overy LLP partner Richard
Cranfield told Bloomberg
* Dealmakers hoping volatility is temporary, longer selloff
may affect valuations, hampering negotations, delaying deals
in S-T: Shearman & Sterling LLP head of global M&A George
Casey
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To contact the reporters on this story:
Manuel Baigorri in London at +44-20-3525-4457 or
mbaigorri@bloomberg.net;
Elizabeth Fournier in London at +44-20-3525-4935 or
efournier5@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Arie Shapira at +1-212-617-1488 or
ashapira3@bloomberg.net
Divya Balji
2015-08-24 19:25:14.234 GMT
By Manuel Baigorri and Elizabeth Fournier
(Bloomberg) -- Global stocks selloff could find its next
victim in this yr’s booming mkt for M&A.
* Dealmaking activity may slow down as wave of selling erodes
execs’ confidence in pursuing growth via M&A or IPO
* Deals with some stock component may be particularly at risk
* Deals that are being negotiated but aren’t public yet will
become vulnerable: Allen & Overy LLP partner Richard
Cranfield told Bloomberg
* Dealmakers hoping volatility is temporary, longer selloff
may affect valuations, hampering negotations, delaying deals
in S-T: Shearman & Sterling LLP head of global M&A George
Casey
Story: NSN NTLP8B6JTSEH<GO>
To contact the reporters on this story:
Manuel Baigorri in London at +44-20-3525-4457 or
mbaigorri@bloomberg.net;
Elizabeth Fournier in London at +44-20-3525-4935 or
efournier5@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Arie Shapira at +1-212-617-1488 or
ashapira3@bloomberg.net
Divya Balji