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Mergers and Acquisitions

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Goldman Sachs fined for gun-jumping in Biocon investment by Indian watchdog January 16, 2025 | Freny Patel

Goldman Sachs was penalized for "gun-jumping" after having failed to notify the Indian antitrust watchdog of its investment in Biocon Biologics. The Competition Commission of India imposed a fine of 4 million ... (more story)

Foreign direct investments likely face increased global scrutiny, lawyers say January 16, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Lawyers working on regulatory reviews of foreign direct investment regimes expect government leaders across the globe to become more active in scrutinizing foreign investors, to broaden the definition of what ... (more story)

Google-owner Alphabet reports Evaluable AI takeover to EU regulators January 16, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Google-owner Alphabet has informed EU regulators of its takeover of Evaluable AI, a US startup that helps companies analyze machine learning models. It disclosed the deal to the European Commission under its o... (more story)

Viavi considers bidding for Spirent assets to be sold for Keysight merger approval January 16, 2025 | Jon Menon

Viavi Solutions is considering making an offer for the Spirent Communications’ high-speed ethernet and network security assets that are being auctioned as part of Keysight Technologies’ efforts to get antitrus... (more story)

Nokia, Ericsson ask EU to scrap ‘disastrous’ patent law and ease telecom mergers January 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Inbar Preiss

Companies producing technology in the EU need to see the end of a “really bad” legislative proposal on Standard Essential Patents if the bloc is to stop “shooting itself in the foot” over innovation and R&D, t... (more story)

Antitrust enforcement will be ‘priority’ for US DOJ attorney general nominee Bondi January 15, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Pamela Bondi today affirmed her commitment to continue working on big-ticket monopolization lawsuits brought by federal enforcers under Biden and pledged that antitrust law enforcement will be a “priority” if ... (more story)

EU outbound investment monitoring needed for economic security, Šefčovič says January 15, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

EU businesses' outbound investments across three strategic sectors should be monitored by member states to identify risks to the EU’s economic security with a view to tackling any that are found, the European ... (more story)

Roquette files acquisition of IFF Pharma Solutions for EU review January 15, 2025 | Natalie McNelis

French company Roquette has requested EU approval to acquire International Flavors & Fragrances subsidiary IFF Pharma Solutions. The commission has set a Feb. 18 deadline to decide on the deal.

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US merger guidelines gain traction in court January 16, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Controversial new US merger enforcement guidelines have picked up support from judges who have incorporated them into key decisions.

Synopsys-Ansys deal faces uphill battle in six-month push for China greenlight January 16, 2025 | MLex Staff

Securing Beijing's approval for its $35 billion takeover of Ansys by June 30 would be a tall order for Synopsys. Potentially complicating matters for the US chip design software specialist, some Chinese indust... (more story)

US judge in HSR lawsuit has been skeptical of regulatory authority January 14, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

The federal judge overseeing the legal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s expanded premerger forms has issued multiple decisions against government agencies similarly accused of overreach.

Suit over KKR premerger filings affirms US DOJ focus on private equity roll-ups January 14, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The US Department of Justice today sued private equity firm KKR and more than a dozen of its investment advisors and funds for failing to make complete and accurate premerger filings in at least 16 separate tr... (more story)

Beyond Washington, 2025 looms as huge year in US data privacy January 09, 2025 | Mike Swift, Xu Yuan and Madeline Hughes

When the first important privacy ruling of 2025 by a US federal judge landed this week — Google’s summary judgment loss in litigation alleging it illegally tracked users’ mobile web activities and app usage — ... (more story)

Canada competition agency uses rebuttal structural presumption for first time January 09, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Canada's Competition Bureau relied for the first time on a structural presumption provided in the new Competition Act to find RONA’s acquisition of All-Fab would be anticompetitive and needed to be remedied. T... (more story)

Grupo Bimbo-Wickbold deal’s geographic market focus of Brazil review January 09, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority's review of Grupo Bimbo’s acquisition of Wickbold will likely focus on whether the appropriate market definition is local or at the state level. Rival bread maker Pandurata,... (more story)

Mexico’s Cofece struggling to ensure probes continue until new authority takes over January 09, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The Mexican competition authority is struggling to guarantee the continuation of its investigations, as its budget was slashed as part of antitrust reforms, before a new authority takes over. A significant dec... (more story)