Outbound China M&A and investment – US
August 07, 2010 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesBy Louis J Bevilacqua and Jiannan ZhangCadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
From time to time, conditions come together to create the 'Perfect Storm'. Meteorologists use this term rarely and as a benchmark to compare all subsequent weather events. The potential for outbound investment from China today points to a similar unprecedented event: a flood of investment opportunities in the US that could extend for the next several years.
When the following factors converge, they prove to be all-powerful indicators as to why Chinese companies have a unique opportunity to purchase US-based assets and companies today:
• M&A pricing multiples have retreated to far more reasonable levels than those from 2005 to mid-2008.
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