Political Law Considerations in M&A: Diligencing Targets and Securing Government Approval

On March 19, Skadden hosted a webinar on “Political Law Considerations in M&A: Diligencing Targets and Securing Government Approval,” which focused on unprecedented recent political law issues that are impacting M&A transactions. Speakers included political law compliance and investigations head Ki Hong and mergers and acquisitions partner Brandon Van Dyke, who discussed diligencing targets in transactions while keeping risk in mind, triaging targets to determine the degree to which diligence is necessary and managing risks when undertaking political engagement to secure government approval of a transaction.