GDPR: 8 top tips for your M&A deal

This month we focus on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and provide 8 top tips to mitigate its impact on M&A transactions. The GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018, imposing stricter controls in relation to the personal data of EU citizens, broad territorial application and significant penalties for breach. The UK…

Sector focus: Tech

1. Lets get technical For once, lawyers won’t necessarily be your first port of call…  Make sure you assemble an expert technical due diligence team, and put the target company’s valuable tech through its paces.  Meet the developers if you can, as well as any members of the business’ management or operations team who oversee…