For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss
Mergers and Acquisitions
Editor's Picks
-
Safran offers EU concessions for Collins actuation deal
French aircraft parts maker Safran has offered to amend its plan to buy part of Collins Aerospace’s actuation business, in a bid to win EU approval for the deal. Th... (more story)
-
Weakening competition to create European champions can backfire, says Mundt
Governments should beware of creating “European champion” businesses through the “weakening” of merger rules, Germany’s competition boss said at a conference today,... (more story)
-
Keysight-Spirent wins UK clearance as CMA views market as too small
US company Keysight Technologies’ acquisition of UK rival Spirent Communications has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority following an initial prob... (more story)
Insight View More
Omnicom’s proposed acquisition of Interpublic for $13.25 billion has been approved by the Brazilian competition authority without conditions. Officials said the companies’ combined market share in the country ... (more story)
Omnicom has sought clearance under the EU's foreign subsidies law to buy rival advertising business Interpublic Group, according to an update on the European Commission's register of deals. The takeover also n... (more story)
French aircraft parts maker Safran has offered to amend its plan to buy part of Collins Aerospace’s actuation business, in a bid to win EU approval for the deal. The European Commission now has until April 4 t... (more story)
Energean, a UK gas-exploration company, said that a deal to sell as much as $945 million of assets to Carlyle Group could collapse because approvals have yet to be obtained from regulators in Italy and Egypt. ... (more story)
UK merger-review law is set to be changed as finance minister Rachel Reeves seeks to encourage economic growth by relaxing business regulation. Reeves plans to consult on legislative reform to alter the two ma... (more story)
India will proceed cautiously with introduction of the Digital Competition Bill to regulate large digital enterprises, a minister said yesterday. The draft bill has faced criticism for its discretionary powers... (more story)
Facing significant legal challenges in its antitrust investigations of Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, the Indian watchdog is actively working to overturn a high court stay that has halted its probe into th... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority has approved, without restrictions, the acquisition of Wilson Sons by SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, a subsidiary of the MSC Group. The transaction, which involves the... (more story)
Comment View More
The Australian government’s failure to deliver the regulation it had said would accompany the recently legislated overhaul of merger laws is creating immediate problems for dealmakers. In particular, a lack of... (more story)
Taking over a national economic watchdog embroiled in dozens of high-stakes legal battles with well-resourced opponents comes with challenges inside and outside of the courtroom, and FTC Chairman Andrew Fergus... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission, which is subject to some of the same DOGE disruptions as other federal agencies, nonetheless is committed to devoting resources to pursuing actions against Big Tech.
US tariffs, because they are designed to reduce the competitiveness of foreign goods, will make it harder for merging companies to defend their deals based on competition from imports.
Prosus's plan to buy Just Eat Takeaway.com to create “a European food delivery champion” is likely to hinge on how European competition regulators view a minority stake the investor holds in rival platform Del... (more story)
With two merger challenges filed in less than two months since taking office, President Donald Trump’s second administration is sending the message that it has no plans to loosen up antitrust enforcement. The ... (more story)
The UK competition watchdog's review of Amex Global Business Travel’s acquisition of US rival CWT suggests that it is experiencing some awkward moments in its transition to becoming more business friendly in m... (more story)
Continuing its pell-mell practice of overturning Biden administration policies, Trump administration banking regulators issued for public comment a retraction of a 2024 Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Trans... (more story)