Onshoring and the U.S.: Entering or Expanding Automotive Operations through M&A Activities

GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview "Onshoring and the U.S.: Entering or Expanding Automotive Operations through M&A Activities" features Chad Barton, corporate attorney with Holland & Knight. Chad is based in the Dallas office, and works with private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies who rely on his extensive experience to assist them with complex strategic, financial and other business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), bolt-on and roll-up transactions; divestitures; carve-outs; joint ventures; restructurings; private equity-backed investments and venture capital investments.

In the 23-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Barton discusses these questions:

• How do you see the market for M&A deal flow in 2025, as well as how the new Administration will influence US M&A?
• What are the benefits of onshoring to the U.S. through M&A for automotive parts suppliers?
• What types of acquisitions exist?
• When proceeding with M&A in the US, what are the key legal, tax and other elements to successful acquisitions here?
• Based on your experience, what are 3 or 5 key issues, which most foreign companies don't realize or don't pay attention to when doing a US acquisition?
• And provides his final thoughts.