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Mergers and Acquisitions

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UK competition watchdog's chairman Bokkerink forced out in pro-growth push January 21, 2025 | Jon Menon

The chairman of the UK competition regulator, Marcus Bokkerink, has been replaced in an apparent nod to a drive for regulators to do more to support economic growth. The Department for Business and Trade is un... (more story)

Navemazônia's acquisition of WPL under review in Brazil January 21, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The proposed acquisition of Waldemiro P. Lustoza & CIA. by Navemazônia Navegação, a subsidiary of Grupo Atem, is under review by the Brazilian competition authority.

China's SAMR to accelerate unified market to counter external challenges January 21, 2025 | MLex Staff

China's top market regulator vows to accelerate the building of a unified national market to combat mounting external pressures in 2025. The State Administration for Market Regulation highlighted enhanced impl... (more story)

Roquette seeks India clearance to acquire IFF Pharma Solutions January 20, 2025 | Freny Patel

Roquette Frères has sought approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog for the proposed acquisition of the pharma-solutions business and certain product lines from International Flavors & Fragrances. The propo... (more story)

Khan to leave US FTC in coming weeks; Ferguson takes over as chair January 20, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Lina Khan has stepped down as chair of the US Federal Trade Commission and intends to depart the agency "in the coming weeks," MLex has learned. Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson took over as chair of th... (more story)

Repsol and Bunge file biofuel JV for EU review January 20, 2025 | Natalie McNelis

Spanish energy company Repsol and oilseed provider Bunge have requested EU approval for their biofuel joint venture. The commission has set a Feb. 21 deadline to decide on the transaction, which is intended to... (more story)

DOJ under Biden set records for civil antitrust enforcement, lagged in criminal cases January 17, 2025 | Chris May, Khushita Vasant, Curtis Eichelberger and Clayton Vickers

The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division had more total active civil investigations open in fiscal year 2024 than in any year for nearly a decade, workload statistics released today show.

SLB-ChampionX deal got CFIUS clearance; still on track to close Q1 January 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

SLB’s $7.8 billion acquisition of ChampionX received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in December, the chief executive officer of SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger, sai... (more story)

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Market shares in Bimbo-Wickbold deal a key concern for Brazilian competitors January 21, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Respondents to Brazil's competition authority have raised concerns about the potential impact on competition in the national market for industrialized bread and small cakes in the agency's review of Wickbold’s... (more story)

SES-Intelsat market test shows Brazilian satellite market is broadly competitive January 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The market for supply of satellite capacity is competitive and has several players, according to most respondents in the market test the Brazilian competition authority is performing for its review of SES's me... (more story)

Welsh Carson settlement ‘blueprint’ caps Biden FTC's crackdown on roll-ups January 17, 2025 | Chris May and Ilana Kowarski

A settlement between private equity firm Welsh Carson and the US Federal Trade Commission over allegedly illegal serial acquisitions in the Texas anesthesiology market offers “a valuable blueprint for future C... (more story)

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)