William Tong

On April 24, 2024, the Takeover Panel published consultation PCP 2024/1, in which it proposes to narrow the scope of companies to which the Takeover Code applies. The proposed amendments ...

Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of L...

Following a review involving its legal and accounting committee and experts from the legal and investor community, the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association has recently ...

This update outlines important changes that take effect today to the scope of those parties who are presumed to be acting in concert with an offeror or offeree. It also recaps certain cha...

Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2023, a comprehens...

Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and counsel William Tong authored “Growth equity minority investments” in Financier Worldwide. The article discusses the increa...

Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2022, a comprehens...

Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2021, a comprehensive overview ...

A UK scheme of arrangement is a court-approved mechanism under the UK Companies Act 2006 which permits a company to enter into a compromise or arrangement with its shareholders and/or its...

On April 20, 2020, the UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced a new £500 million scheme (delivered by the UK Government in partnership with the British Business Bank) to provide convertibl...