Mergers and Acquisitions
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Clock restarts on review of Australia's Aurizon-Flinders Logistics deal
The proposed acquisition of Flinders Logistics by publicly listed freight company Aurizon is again under the microscope of Australia’s competition regulator, which ... (more story)
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Keep market-share thresholds in Australian merger bill, says key official
A ministerial power to impose market-share notification thresholds on dealmakers should be included in Australia’s new merger laws, even if the current government h... (more story)
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Beware ‘whatever it takes’ approach in policing AI revolution, EU’s Vestager warns
Europe should embrace the rollout of artificial intelligence to accelerate its own competitive edge in areas such as industrial production and the public sector, bu... (more story)
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CADE's Superintendence has issued a questionnaire to XSYS and MacDermid Graphics Solutions (MSG) inquiring about potential impact on the flexographic industry resulting from the transaction. The companies have... (more story)
A rise in significant merger investigations by US competition authorities resulted in the highest number of abandonments Dechert has seen in a single year, the law firm reported. The third quarter Dechert Anti... (more story)
Medical device giant Boston Scientific said it has complied with the US Federal Trade Commission’s request for additional information for its proposed acquisition of Axonics. The company reaffirmed its expecta... (more story)
GXO Logistics said it remains confident that its buyout of Wincanton will gain UK’s antitrust clearance, after the regulator warned that the deal could harm competition in the contract logistics services marke... (more story)
Merger and acquisitions in South Korea, especially larger deals exceeding 100 billion won ($72.7 million), have seen negotiation dynamics shifting in a direction to enhance certainty in successful deal closure... (more story)
The proposed acquisition of Flinders Logistics by publicly listed freight company Aurizon is again under the microscope of Australia’s competition regulator, which had suspended its timeline in September while... (more story)
The acquisition of additional shareholding in Thoughtworks Holdings by Apax Partners and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings has received unconditional clearance from the Indian antitrust watchd... (more story)
Siemens' $10.6 billion acquisition of US engineering software firm Altair Engineering shouldn't raise many issues for merger authorities vetting the deal, according to remarks made by its chief executive, Rola... (more story)
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Novo Holdings’ acquisition of Catalent was approved in Brazil, where regulators assessed the impact of the deal on global markets, but other international regulators will have their own criteria for evaluating... (more story)
The speed with which the investigatory unit at the Brazilian competition authority is reviewing certain transactions is attracting criticism, including from other members of the agency. The Tribunal of the Adm... (more story)
Italy’s referral of Nvidia’s takeover of Israeli startup Run:ai to the European Commission may be a turning point in the regulator's approach to “killer acquisitions.” Italy acted on the basis of its “call in”... (more story)
Former government officials and attorneys representing clients before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States say the review has become politicized to the point where Congress should consider ... (more story)
Europe should embrace the rollout of artificial intelligence to accelerate its own competitive edge in areas such as industrial production and the public sector, but it should be wary of demands to forsake Eur... (more story)
EU and UK negotiators have broken new ground with a deal on cooperation between competition authorities. While it goes beyond normal parameters in including all of the bloc’s competition authorities and not j... (more story)
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” handbag market definition is too complex and impr... (more story)
The New Zealand Commerce Commission’s decision to reject the merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island was not a shocker considering the warning signs along the way. With the concentrated s... (more story)