The study conducted by the American Bar Association analyses 122 share purchase agreements for acquisitions of privately held targets having principal operations in 20 countries in Europe, with transaction values ranging from €15 million to €3 billion. The study is based on in-depth analyses of questionnaire responses and sanitized deal documents provided by 30 contributing firms. It includes comparisons with the past private target studies for the U.S. and Europe.
Stefanos Charaktiniotis, partner and Danai Falconaki, senior associate contributed in the study drawing from an example of an M&A transaction Zepos & Yannopoulos team was involved in.