Out-Law News | 03 Aug 2021 | 12:47 pm | 4 min. read UK businesses will be an increasing target for hostile takeovers, an expert in corporate finance and public mergers and acquisitions has predicted. Adam Cain of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law, said many would-be acquirers of UK companies are likely to be US-incorporated or other foreign businesses seeking to take advantage of the financial difficulties some businesses in the UK are encountering because of the coronavirus pandemic.