Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America: Challenges and Best Practices in the Era of Compliance

Dechert partner Howard Kleinman will speak at this upcoming conference co-presented by the IBA Latin American Regional Forum and the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee. Latin America has experienced important changes and new challenges to mergers and acquisitions activity during the last few years. Compliance and best practice have arrived in all jurisdictions, companies and law firms, and they are now part of a new landscape. Uncertainties are being left behind, but there is a lot to do to continue the growth in developing Latin American economies, with a new political spectrum in most of the countries. This conference will address these changes and challenges, as well as the opportunities that the implementation of best practice can create, opening the M&A activity in the region to more investors around the world. For more information or to register, please visit the conference website.

Mr. Kleinman’s breakout session is titled “Why do some M&A transactions fail? Are there common characteristics?” and will discuss how a number of M&A transactions fail for various reasons. Over the past few years, there has been an increasing number of failed deals throughout Latin America. Economic and political instability played an important role on this scenario, but a significant number of transactions have failed because of compliance-related issues. In this panel, they will discuss how compliance-related issues have been affecting the success or failure of M&A transactions and whether there are factors that may lead to an increasing risk of failure for such deals. 

For more information or to register, please visit the conference website.