
With record levels of foreign bids for European assets we teamed up with Paul Hastings to assess the impact of Asian acquirers in deal markets.
Alex Novarese, The In-House Lawyer: It has been a record period for Asian activity into Europe. How do you see the general trends?
Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Hinduja Group: China is an issue, because the main difference between the Asian companies, European companies and Chinese companies is that Chinese companies are directly or indirectly state-owned.