In-House

A different mindset

A different mindset

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.

Contributors

Alex Novarese

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.

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