Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to present our Summer edition of MarketCheck, a periodic report to help M&A market participants navigate today’s complex dealmaking landscape. Each issue of MarketCheck features insights from senior Debevoise lawyers on economic, regulatory, and legal topics related to corporate transactions, with a focus on public companies. If you would like to access prior issues of MarketCheck, please click here.

This edition covers a diverse range of topics including an article on shareholder activism, an update on Trump’s order to unwind the Jupiter Systems acquisition, and discussions on navigating tariff turmoil and New York’s internal affairs doctrine as applied to derivative claims. We also feature blurbs on Delaware law updates and AI, as well as a banker’s corner on financial advisor conflicts, industry updates in healthcare and life sciences, and a chart summarizing key state pre-transaction notification laws for healthcare M&A transactions in select U.S. states.

The Debevoise M&A Group consistently leads transactions for some of the world’s most prominent corporations, financial services institutions and private equity firms. Debevoise clients receive the hands-on, personal attention of sophisticated M&A partners who have broad experience in public and private M&A and specialize in complex, multifaceted transactions. Intense partner focus, a blend of practice breadth, specialization and teamwork, and a rigorous dedication to quality define the way that Debevoise handles M&A assignments.