Dealmaker Insights

Partner LiLing Poh and associate Aimee Khuong discuss best practices for early-stage companies in maintaining legal housekeeping to better prepare them for future rounds of financings; the overall diligence process and what companies and investors should expect; issues that typically arise during the diligence process based on our experience representing both company-side and investor-side; and next steps to keep in mind once a term sheet is finalized.

Natasha Tardif, Michaela Westrup, Marjorie Holmes, and Lucile Chneiweiss discuss some of the key similarities and differences between foreign direct investment regimes in France, Germany, and the UK.

Considering investing or participating in cryptocurrency transactions? These transactions may be subject to tax! Associates Justin Hunter and Rishi Jain discuss recent tax developments in the cryptocurrency space and how the absence of guidance leads to more questions than answers.

Partner Adela Mues and associate Marie Borye, both from our Dubai office, discuss setting up business in UAE and practical terms and issues that should be considered.

Considering a merger, an acquisition, a takeover, or a joint venture? If so, be mindful of antitrust and merger control pitfalls. EU competition attorneys Natasha Tardif and Lucile Chneiweiss are here to help you close the deal and leave the competition issues behind.

Adela Mues and Tufayel Hussain discuss the meanings and implications of some of the main terms used in early-stage investment documentation. 

LiLing Poh and Nina Habib Borders discuss the important intellectual property matters that need to be considered when dealing with emerging growth companies, including key IP rights; best practices and prioritization of invention assignment agreements; IP diligence with respect to employees, independent contractors and founders; and protection of data access, among other IP diligence pitfalls.

Ravi Pattani and James Hatchard explain a consideration of steps that can be taken and provisions that can be included to protect a party when things go wrong in a contract.

In light of the recent pandemic, associates Ravi Pattani and James Hatchard discuss the concepts of force majeure and frustration – i.e., how can a party unable to perform a contract be excused from that contract?

Associates Ravi Pattani and James Hatchard discuss the key elements required to form a contract – aimed at both in-house counsel and non-lawyers who deal with contracts regularly. 

Tamara Box quizzes Iain Balkwill on CRE CLOs and lessons learned from advising Starz Real Estate on Europe's first CRE CLO, which closed in November 2021. They discuss the significance of the deal for the European market and the advantages of both CRE CLOs and CMBS.

Reed Smith partner Joe Kohler and associate Jessica Piggot discuss nuances and solutions in hedging risk-free rate transactions, while also identifying key points of consideration when deciding whether a derivative will hedge a cash product, and best approaches to reducing basis risk. For more information, please visit our Corporate and Finance capability pages.

Reed Smith partners Tamara Box and Iain Balkwill discuss trends in commercial mortgage-backed securities since the 2008 financial crisis, and describe where the market is headed now. Will we learn from the mistakes of the past? For more information, please visit our Corporate and Finance capability pages.