M&A Insights: Current M&A Finance Trends, ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Impact, and Material Target Company Litigation Treatment

Webcasts  |  September 16, 2025

Join us for a recorded 30-minute briefing covering several M&A practice topics. The program is part of a series of quarterly webcasts designed to provide quick insights into emerging issues and practical advice on how to manage common M&A problems.

Topics discussed:

  • Current trends in M&A finance
  • Impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on M&A
  • Treatment of material target company litigation in M&A transactions

MCLE CREDIT INFORMATION:

This program has been approved for credit by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 0.5 credit hours in the areas of professional practice category. This course is approved for transitional and non-transitional credit.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP certifies this activity is approved for 0.5 hours of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the General Category.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is authorized by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to provide in-house CPD training. This program is approved for CPD credit in the amount of 0.5 hours. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Number 324652).

California attorneys may claim self-study credit for viewing the archived webcast. No certificate of attendance is required for self-study credit.

PANELISTS:

Douglas S. Horowitz is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn where he is the head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance and Co-Chair of the firm’s Finance Practice Group. He is also an active member of the Capital Markets Practice Group. Doug represents leading private equity firms, public and private corporations, investment banking firms and commercial banks with a focus on financing transactions involving private credit, syndicated institutional and asset-based loans, new issuance of secured and unsecured high-yield debt securities, equity and equity-linked securities, as well as out-of-court restructurings.

Kathryn A. Kelly is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Ms. Kelly represents clients in a broad range of tax matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, restructurings, and financing transactions. Before joining the firm, Ms. Kelly served as a law clerk to Judge William B. Traxler, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Brian Scrivani is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups. Brian’s practice focuses on advising private equity firms and public and private clients on a wide range of corporate transactions including leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers-of-equals. He also advises board of directors and special committees on corporate and securities law, fiduciary matters and corporate governance matters including unsolicited offers, proxy contests and other activist defense matters.

Stephen I. Glover is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn who has served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Stephen has an extensive practice representing public and private companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt offerings, and corporate governance matters. His clients include large public corporations, emerging growth companies and middle market companies in a wide range of industries. He also advises private equity firms, individual investors, and others.

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