Global BV News: European fairness opinions grow in importance

BVWireIssue #195-3
December 19, 2018

global business valuation
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Fairness opinions are increasingly used in complex multijurisdictional transactions, according to a report from Houlihan Lokey. The total value of deals in Europe where fairness opinions were provided reached approximately $131.4 billion in 2017 (up from $27.4 billion in 2014), which included the three largest European public M&A transactions in 2017, the report says.
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