Merging companies get clearer path to prove benefits in EU’s new guidelines
By Lewis Crofts ( October 20, 2026, 09:29 GMT | Insight) -- Dealmakers will get more EU guidance on how to prove their mergers lead to benefits that wouldn’t otherwise materialize through alternative growth plans or industry arrangements, under a revised policy document seen by MLex. In new wording, merging companies will be expected to compare the upside of their deal with benefits arising under “reasonably feasible” alternatives — a narrower set of counter-examples than envisaged in an earlier draft.Dealmakers will get more EU guidance on how to prove their mergers lead to benefits that wouldn’t otherwise materialize through alternative growth plans or industry arrangements, under a revised policy document seen by MLex....
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