By WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ:Adam O. Emmerich Robin Panovka David A. Katz;King & Wood Mallesons:Wang Kaiding Jing Gang Wang Lianghua
More than 40% of global M&A in 2012 involved acquirors and targets in different countries, including $170 billion of acquisitions in the U.S. by non-U.S. acquirors. Given the continuing accumulation of U.S. Dollars in emerging economies, many expect the trend to continue as Dollars are re-invested in the U.S. Natural resources will continue to be an important part of this story, including in the U.S., where substantial non-U.S. investment has been an important trend, as well as in resource-rich developed nations such as Canada and Australia, where non-domestic investment has lately been highly controversial.
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