Lexology Panoramic: Public M&A 2026
Eric Swedenburg, Global Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, was the contributing editor of Lexology Panoramic: Public M&A 2026. Eric additionally authored the “Global Overview” and co-authored the “United States” chapters with Partner Alison Z. Preiss and Associates Haley O’Connor and Yuru (Rita) Fu. The guide offers a side-by-side comparison of local insights into public M&A issues worldwide, including types of business combinations, principal laws and regulations, cross-border and sector-specific considerations, governing laws, filing and disclosure requirements, duties of directors and controlling shareholders, shareholder approval and appraisal rights, hostile transactions, break-up fees and frustration of additional bidders, government influence, conditional offers, financing, minority squeeze-outs, waiting and notification periods, tax, labor and employee benefits, restructuring, bankruptcy or receivership, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and sanctions issues and other recent trends.
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Global Overview and
United States.