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Synopsys-Ansys merger faces final KFTC deliberations in March
The fate of the Synopsys-Ansys merger in South Korea will be decided next month as the standing committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is set to deliberate on... (more story)
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Tapestry-Capri merger decision endorses flexible US market definitions
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” hand... (more story)
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US FTC’s bipartisan revision of premerger form aims to reduce legal vulnerability
All five US Federal Trade Commissioners voted last week for a slimmer, less demanding premerger form for dealmakers than the June 2023 draft — united across party l... (more story)
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US Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota asked the Department of Justice's acting inspector general, William Bl... (more story)
Businesses in Papua New Guinea failing to notify deals that hit monetary thresholds can expect to be targeted by legal action, the Pacific country’s top antitrust enforcer said this week in the wake of the fir... (more story)
JSW Steel's acquisition of Bhushan Power and Steel has been revived by India's top court, which recalled its May 2 ruling that had nullified the takeover. The Supreme Court of India admitted that its previous ... (more story)
The number of significant US merger investigations to close in 2025's second quarter doubled from the first quarter, according to Dechert’s Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) report. Decher... (more story)
Italian bank Mediobanca is considering bringing forward — to Aug. 21 — the shareholder vote to approve its takeover plan over Banca Generali. That would allow the bid to start before the end of Monte dei Pasch... (more story)
The CEO of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has defended his intended takeover of Spanish rival Sabadell, saying the EU sector needed to scale up to avoid duplicating costs needed for AI and digital investments... (more story)
Brookfield Wealth Solutions said that its planned 2.4 billion-pound buyout of British retirement products and services company Just Group will need antitrust approval in the UK and South Africa. Just Group spe... (more story)
Spanish telecommunication company Telefónica told MLex it is "considering the possibility of filing an appeal" against the 20 million euro fine imposed by the Spanish antitrust authority for not abiding by a m... (more story)
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Olivier Guersent has signed off as head of the European Commission’s powerful competition directorate, serving six different commissioners and witnessing the highs and lows of the bloc’s economic policies. In ... (more story)
The US Department of Justice found that CWT Holdings was on track to lose global and multinational customers, leading the agency to withdraw a court challenge and approve a $570 million merger with American Ex... (more story)
Mexico has overhauled its antitrust legal framework with a major reform to the country’s competition law. Amendments published last week create a new competition authority — the National Antitrust Commission (... (more story)
Universal Music Group will be relieved to see the EU’s competition regulator overlook some of the trickiest concerns raised by independent record labels when opening an in-depth probe this week into its takeov... (more story)
China’s antitrust regulator has broken new ground by unwinding a completed pharmaceutical acquisition, marking its first-ever full rollback of a consummated deal. In a historic move, the State Administration f... (more story)
UniCredit’s withdrawal of its bid for rival Banco BPM due to the Italian “golden power” rules is raising important questions for the EU about how much sway European governments should have over dealmaking in s... (more story)
In clearing T-Mobile’s acquisition of US Cellular this month, the US Department of Justice performed a balancing of anticompetitive harms and merger benefits, ultimately finding that the likelihood of efficien... (more story)
The UK government’s changes to national security rules will seek to avoid harmless transactions from being scrutinized to reduce the burden for businesses making acquisitions. The overhaul has been welcomed, e... (more story)