Recent Insights

The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different industries and sectors.

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to escalate, ensuring wellbeing of employees is paramount, but it is not the only challenge. There is a vast sway of operational and legal issues that businesses must address, too.

It's not just the rate of change. Our World in Transition hub focuses on the potential for transformation in energy, ESG, finance, globalization and US policy.  

Transitioning to new priorities in a post-pandemic era

A rebounding domestic economy and abundant liquidity south of the border are encouraging Canadian borrowers to draw on US high yield bond markets in increasing numbers

Despite a spike in energy prices and persistent inflation, year-to-date leveraged loan activity showed substantial gains on 2020 levels  

Deal activity in the auto industry has never been higher, as manufacturers look to capitalize on the shift towards electric vehicles  

High-growth industries continue to attract investor interest despite COVID disruptions

M&A activity in Western Europe surged in Q3 on the back of strong PE interest and low UK stock prices

Global high yield markets paused for breath in Q3 2021, but year-to-date issuance remains ahead of 2020 levels in most regions

Opportunities and challenges in post-COVID-19 Latin America

Welcome to the White & Case US SPACs Data Hub, which provides a quarterly review and analysis of key drivers and trends behind US De-SPAC M&A activity and SPAC IPO activity.

Our survey shows investment in infrastructure assets looks set to accelerate with an anticipated boost from the US infrastructure bill and a growing focus on sustainability and technology

Attitudes are shifting, thanks to changes in corporate governance  

Pandemic-derived supply chain issues unlock investment opportunities  

Despite a drop on the previous quarter, Q3 2021 global M&A value represented the strongest Q3 on Mergermarket record. 

After four quarters in a row of exceptionally high PE activity, Q3 2021 has continued the trend, recording the highest value and volume of any third quarter on record  

Key legal developments in 2021 and their implications for Taiwan

An increase in megadeals reveals growing dealmaker appetite within Italy's M&A market

The region's burgeoning digital economy is drawing attention from investors across the globe  

We highlight the key European M&A trends in the first half of 2021, and provide our insights into the outlook for M&A moving forward.

The SPAC phenomenon has spread to Israel, where regulators have laid the foundation for local SPAC IPOs as well  

The huge surge in IPO fundraising by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on US stock exchanges may be showing the first signs of slowing down, but momentum behind European SPAC activity is only just starting to gather pace.

The mining & metals industry is critical to the success of the world's transition towards net zero, both in reducing its own carbon footprint and providing the materials that will deliver a cleaner and more sustainable future

Lifting pandemic restrictions, coupled with successful vaccination rollouts in the Gulf and an improving economic outlook, supported a rebound in loan and bond activity in the Middle East in the first half of 2021

ESG-linked financing issuance swelled in 2021, with issuers responding to the rapid growth in investor demand for environmental and socially-linked debt issuance

Strong refinancing appetite sustains the high yield bond market in the Asia-Pacific region despite a slowdown in real estate issuance in China.

Take private activity reached a decade high in the first half of 2021, fueled by large sums of dry powder and heated competition for assets.

H1 2021 dealmaking within the continent appears to be turning a corner  

Companies focused on broader public benefits and ESG principles face unique issues in international trade disputes.

Loan issuance from Indian borrowers has tailed off because of rising COVID-19 infections, but high-profile mega-deal financings have given lenders and borrowers cause for optimism  

Lender caution following Zambia’s debt repayment default in 2020 has weighed on African debt issuance, but successful raisings by high profile borrowers show that investor appetite remains resilient

Debt markets warm to issuers from a broader range of sectors, maintaining high levels of refinancing activity  

PE is breaking records, notably in the education sector

The region's largest economies—Brazil and Mexico—lead the dealmaking revival

For the first time in years, inflation is on the radar for high yield bond and leveraged loan lenders and borrowers—but how might it impact markets?

FPSOs have revolutionized deep-water oil extraction but these technically complex vessels are a fertile ground for uncertainty, spiraling costs and long delays

Borrowers take advantage of hot loan and high yield bond markets to lock in M&A and leveraged buyout financing at attractive terms and pricing

PE investors stand ready to fund spinoffs of non-core assets as companies refocus for the recovery