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Constellation, Calpine reject deal critics’ proposed divestiture buyers standards July 22, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Power plant operators Constellation Energy and Calpine Corporation complained today about demands from critics of their merger who desire a 3 percent regional market share cap on prospective divestiture buyers... (more story)

UMG’s Downtown deal draws in-depth EU probe over data access concerns (update*) July 22, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Universal Music Group is facing an in-depth EU probe into its takeover of Downtown Music, over concerns the world’s largest recorded music group would stifle competition through access to “commercially sensiti... (more story)

UK water deals in crosshairs under security plans July 22, 2025 | Jon Menon

Water industry deals in the UK will have to be notified to the government, under proposed changes to boost national security oversight of the sector. Certain internal reorganizations and the appointment of liq... (more story)

Kornezov set to move from EU General Court to top court July 22, 2025 | Jean Comte

Alexander Kornezov, a judge at the EU General Court, is set to move to the top court, according to a document seen by MLex. The appointment, which will run until 2030, will be approved by EU member-state repre... (more story)

Gol, Azul tell Brazil CADE codeshare agreement is compliant July 21, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Brazilian airlines Gol and Azul told the Administrative Council for Economic Defense that there's no evidence their codeshare agreement has led to coordination between the parties or caused any reduction in th... (more story)

Global Payments receives US clearance for Worldpay buyout July 21, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Global Payments has received clearance from the US antitrust authorities for its $24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay. The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired on July 18, according to a fi... (more story)

Skydance CEO meets with US FCC chairman on Paramount transaction July 18, 2025 | Wesley Brown

Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison and other company representatives met with US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and his staff this week to discuss Skydance's transaction with Param... (more story)

Prosus offers EU to cut stake in Delivery Hero to below 10 percent July 18, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Tech investor Prosus is offering to reduce its stake in Delivery Hero from 28 percent to below 10 percent as part of a package of remedies aimed at winning EU approval for its takeover of European food deliver... (more story)

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Regulators ready to regulate, as Australia grapples with cash-distribution monopoly July 22, 2025 | James Panichi

A discussion paper release by Australian financial and competition regulators has outlined the most likely solution to the problem of how best to manage the country’s distribution of cash with only one commerc... (more story)

Ferrero Group and WK Kellogg overlap in granola; largely complementary in US July 21, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

The Ferrero Group and WK Kellogg have overlaps in granola products, but the company will file their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications no later than Aug. 14 and will ask the government for early termina... (more story)

For TIM-Telefônica network-sharing deal, 'extra cities' a key Brazilian concern July 17, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

A proposed amendment to a network-sharing agreement between TIM and Telefônica is raising red flags at Brazil’s competition authority due to the unclear scope of municipalities involved. While the companies ar... (more story)

BBVA sees EU Commission stand up for Banking Union — in Spain and further afield July 17, 2025 | Fanny Roux and Nicholas Hirst

The European Commission wants the Spanish government to drop provisions that allowed it to impose “public interest” conditions on BBVA’s bid for Banco Sabadell, which has drawn ire from national politicians. A... (more story)

SLB closes ChampionX deal after navigating complex merger remedies July 16, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger, announced today it has completed its acquisition of rival oilfield service supplier ChampionX, 15 months after entering into the $7.8 billion transaction. The deal’s cleara... (more story)

How increased transparency could affect Australia's merger landscape July 16, 2025 | James Panichi

Australia’s new merger regime was designed to be more transparent than the informal notification mechanism it’s set to replace. More deals are set to appear on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’... (more story)

US DOJ, FCC approve T-Mobile-UScellular deal despite red flags July 15, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US Department of Justice’s approval of T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular last week is remarkable for the number of serious concerns Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said she had with the deal befo... (more story)

Prosus faces hard choices in EU probe of Just Eat Takeaway deal July 15, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Prosus's bid to buy Just Eat Takeaway.com is worrying EU merger investigators over the tech investor's minority holding in food-delivery rival Delivery Hero*. Prosus could opt simply to sell that holding and m... (more story)