Welcome to the April issue of Acquisition International.

This month sees the release of the highly anticipated International Start-up Advisory Awards 2013 winner’s list, highlighting the best of the best in the advisory profession. We would like to thank all those who voted and to offer our sincere congratulations to the winners – please turn to page 25 to read more.

In our Deals of the Month we highlight two significant transactions: Pluralsight’s $27.5 million funding from Insight Venture Partners (page 18); and Osprey Capital’s investment in iNDEXX Markets (page 21).

In Cross-Border Business Crime: A Major Target of Enforcement, we discuss the inevitable development of international legal enforcement as a response to globalised markets and the increasing pressure to confront international fraud and money laundering. The report is led by Jacob S. Frenkel at Shulman, Rogers, Gandal,

Pordy & Ecker, P.A., and begins at page 22.

Acquisition International’s 2013 Q1 Review begins this month, with commentary on the year’s first quarter from experts around the world. AI’s quarterly features have become something of a reference point for senior executives across the globe, who look to our publication at the end of each quarter in order to gain the expert opinions of the major players of the last quarter – turn to page 82 to learn more.

This month’s wide-ranging features also includes a comprehensive review of Franchise Industry Disputes (page 52); a detailed look at Corporate Immigration (page 60); and an in-depth examination of Cross-Border M&A (page 76).

Enjoy the issue.

Phil Grainger
Editor
phil.grainger@acquisition-intl.com