The turmoil in financial markets also reveals concerns lawyers. Particularly those working in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions suffer from uncertainty. "On the one hand there are still things to come ', says board member Erik Geerling NautaDutilh in Rotterdam," and that anything in the pipeline, has been clear for some time. Secondly, the transaction volume for M & A deals and IPOs is still dominated by a waiting attitude. The recent developments will not accelerate. " Earlier this week made an additional equity prices worldwide swoop after rating agency Standard & Poor's U.S. credit afwaardeerde.
According to M & A specialist Arne Grimme, partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam, throws the current turmoil in the financial markets' spanner in the works. Buyers are worried that economic growth slows, or worse, they fear the double dip and M & A will postpone adventures. I expect that in the short term, many transactions on hold will be put, or at least delayed. Transactions are often about because both parties a sort of leap of faith to take, trusting that everything is alright. That trust is now gone. But like the Dutch summer you never know what the future will bring. "
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