General Chapters 1 Europe M&A: The Evolving Takeover Landscape - Lorenzo Corte & Scott V. Simpson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP 2 2012 - The New Normal - Michael Hatchard & Scott Hopkins, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP 3 Defending a UK Hostile Bid: The Tools for the Battle - Gavin Davies & Stephen Wilkinson, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP 4 Cross-Border PE Buyer/Public Target M&A Deal Study - Peter Jonathan Halasz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 5 Standstills in the Headlights - Adam O. Emmerich & Trevor S. Norwitz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Country Question and Answer Chapters: 6 Austria Schoenherr Rechtsanwalte GmbH: Christian Herbst & Sascha Hodl 7 Belgium Astrea: Steven De Schrijver & Jeroen Mues 8 Bosnia & Herzegovina Moravcevic Vojnovic i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr: Matija Vojnovic & Miljan Mimic 9 Brazil Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados: Daniel Calhman de Miranda & Rodrigo Ferreira Figueiredo 10 Bulgaria Schoenherr (in cooperation with Advokatsko druzhestvo Andreev, Stoyanov & Tsekova): Ilko Stoyanov & Tsvetan Krumov 11 Canada Stikeman Elliott LLP: Simon Romano & Elizabeth Breen 12 Chile Larrain Rencoret & Urzua: Carlos Urzua & Ignacio Pera 13 Colombia Lewin & Wills Attorneys at Law: Diana Vaughan Umana & Cristina Stiefken Arboleda 14 Cyprus Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC: Elias Neocleous & Maria Kyriacou 15 Czech Republic Schoenherr: Martin Kubanek & Miroslav Pokorny 16 Denmark Bech-Bruun: Steen Jensen & Regina M. Andersen 17 Finland Dittmar & Indrenius: Anders Carlberg & Jan Ollila 18 France Bersay & Associes: Sandrine de Sousa & Noemie Tuil 19 Germany Schilling, Zutt & Anschutz: Dr. Marc Lobbe & Dr. Stephan Harbarth 20 Greece KPP Law, Law offices of Kerameus, Papademetriou, Papadopoulos and Associates: Anestis Papadopoulos & Stylianos Papademetriou 21 Hungary Lendvai Partners: Andras Lendvai & Dr. Gergely Horvath 22 India Khaitan & Co: Bharat Anand & Arjun Rajgopal 23 Indonesia Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro: Theodoor Bakker & Herry N. Kurniawan 24 Italy Santa Maria Studio Legale Associato: Luigi Santa Maria & Mario Pelli Cattaneo 25 Japan Nishimura & Asahi: Masakazu Iwakura & Tsukasa Tahara 26 Kyrgyzstan Mortimer Blake LLC: Stephan Wagner & Svetlana Lebedeva 27 Liechtenstein Ospelt & Partner Attorneys at law Ltd.: Alexander Ospelt & Rolf Feger 28 Luxembourg Ober & Beerens: Bernard Beerens & Thomas Segal 29 Mexico Nader, Hayaux & Goebel: Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly Laborde & Eduardo Villanueva Ortiz 30 Netherlands Houthoff Buruma: Alexander J. Kaarls & Nils W. Vernooij 31 Nigeria Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie: Yinka Edu & Ngozi Agboti 32 Norway Aabo-Evensen & Co Advokatfirma: Ole Kristian Aabo-Evensen & Harald Blaauw 33 Poland Gide Loyrette Nouel: Rafal Dziedzic & Sergiusz Kielian 34 Portugal Albuquerque & Associados: Antonio Mendonca Raimundo & Joao Ricardo Branco 35 Romania Pachiu & Associates: Ioana Iovanesc & Alexandru Lefter 36 Russia Noerr: Vladislav Skvortsov & Maria Apurina 37 Serbia Moravcevic Vojnovic i Partneri in cooperation with Schoenherr: Matija Vojnovic & Luka Lopicic 38 Slovakia Schoenherr: Stanislav Kovar & Monika Kormosova 39 Slovenia Schoenherr: Vid Kobe & Marko Prusnik 40 Spain Perez-Llorca: Vicente Conde 41 Switzerland Lenz & Staehelin: Jacques Iffland & Hans-Jakob Diem 42 Turkey Schoenherr - Turkoglu & Celepci: Levent Celepci & Burcu Ozdamar 43 United Kingdom Slaughter and May: William Underhill 44 USA Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: Ann Beth Stebbins & Alan C. Myers 45 Venezuela Grau Garcia Hernandez & Monaco: Ibrahim A. Garcia 46 Vietnam Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.: Samantha Campbell & Huynh Tuong Long