Publications

DLA Piper's Guide to Going Global series is designed for companies seeking to expand their operations globally and helps companies meet the challenges of global expansion. The series reviews business-relevant corporate, employment, equity, intellectual property and technology, and tax laws in over 50 jurisdictions around the world.

Our new study, conducted in partnership with TMT Finance, indicates that the recent rise in FTTP investment is set to continue over the next two years. In a survey of senior executives across the investment, professional advisory and operator space within the fibre industry, 78% say they expect the overall value of investment will increase for FTTP projects in Europe over the next 24 months compared with the previous 24 months. The findings of the report are based on a combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative interviews.

When we published our annual Global M&A Intelligence report in spring of this year, Asia was in the midst of dealing with COVID-19, Europe was just starting to feel the impact and for the US, COVID-19 was widely expected to have an impact but the scale and timing was unclear. Many people, including us, speculated on how the M&A market would react to unprecedented disruption and government support for the economy and how deal terms might change as the scale and severity of the pandemic became clear.