When regulatory compliance is the lifeline of your business, your deals require skilled advisors who specialize in your industry. Dentons offers M&A lawyers who understand your regulatory requirements, know your regulators and creatively solve complex regulatory compliance problems.

Our regulatory expertise spans industries from:

• Aviation
• Broadcast
• Defense
• Education
• Energy (including oil and gas, electricity and other utilities, and renewable and unconventional energy)
• Financial Institutions (including banking, investment services and exchanges)
• Food and Beverage
• Health Care (including medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacies, hospitals, long term care and other ancillary providers, and physician and allied medical services)
• Insurance
• Media
• Rail
• Telecoms, to name a few.

Applying this expertise across our expansive geographical coverage, Dentons is uniquely qualified to help you navigate complex, cross-border and multi-jurisdictions transactions in regulated industries.

For acquirers of companies in regulated industries, our deep industry knowledge will aid in the due diligence process, the valuation of your bid and the development of your acquisition and integration strategies. For sellers, we can identify and solve legal regulatory issues to help maximize purchase price and expedite the entire sale process. Our experience working with your regulators - both on compliance matters and in obtaining approvals for M&A transactions - is critical to an efficient and successful transaction.

By working with Dentons, you know that you are being advised by lawyers who have analyzed all aspects of your deal and can provide you with advice that will accomplish your business and legal goals on a global, integrated basis.

Insights

Representation, Warranty and Indemnity (RW&I) Insurance

March 12, 2024

South Africa: International Perspectives informing a South African approach - Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involve a level of risk for buyers. To mitigate the risks, buyers conduct thorough due diligence investigations on target companies, and require sellers to provide representations, warranties and indemnities (RW&Is) in transaction agreements.

Sustainable and Responsible Investments

November 16, 2023

South Africa: In South Africa and globally, the long-term implications of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration in due diligence processes on M&A transactions are yet to become fully apparent. However, as companies have progressively included ESG factors in their due diligence, these processes have been reported to cause the cancellation of more than half of all merger and acquisition (M&A) deals this year.