Lexology Panoramic: Private M&A 2026
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are contributing editors of Lexology’s Panoramic: Private M&A 2026 guide, a comprehensive overview of the laws, regulation and market practice governing private M&A transactions in 25 jurisdictions worldwide.
Davis Polk contributed jurisdictional chapters for the United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong as well as articles exploring the similarities and differences between U.K. and U.S. private M&A transactions and acquisition agreements, the regulatory roadblocks to private M&A transactions, and how to incentivise management teams following an acquisition.
Davis Polk contributed chapters
Incentivising management teams following an acquisition
Private M&A transactions: Comparing U.K. and U.S. practice
Regulatory roadblocks to private M&A transactions
Editorial and chapters reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Lexology Panoramic Series: Private M&A 2026 (published in September 2025; contributing editors: Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP). For further information please visit https://www.lexology.com/panoramic