Mergers and Acquisitions

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Grupo HP’s Campo Grande bus deal faces further review in Brazil over omissions November 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Grupo HP’s proposed acquisition of four bus operators in Campo Grande will undergo further review by Brazil’s competition authority after its Tribunal endorsed a request to investigate potentially relevant omissions from t...(read more)

Huntsman, Olin seek EU approval for chemicals merger, decision due by Dec 14 November 09, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Huntsman and Olin have filed for EU approval of their plans to merge to create a US-based chemicals company with combined annual revenue of roughly $12.5 billion, with the European Commission due to decide on the deal by D...(read more)

UniCredit expects all Commerzbank deal regulatory approvals by late November November 09, 2026 | Jean Comte

UniCredit should receive all approvals needed for its Commerzbank takeover "by late November," boss Andrea Orcel has told investors. The Italian bank's chief executive suggested that the deal, currently under European Comm...(read more)

Foreign investors face tighter EU ownership rules under Parliament's draft IAA changes November 09, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Foreign investors in strategic EU industries would face stricter ownership and employment conditions under draft European Parliament compromise amendments seen by MLex. The text would require covered investments to meet al...(read more)

CD&R, McKesson’s Option Care Health deal faces Dec. 3 US antitrust deadline November 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

CD&R and McKesson’s proposed acquisition of Option Care Health has an initial US antitrust waiting period set to expire on Dec. 3, with state healthcare notifications also submitted in Indiana, Massachusetts and Washington...(read more)

MMG, Anglo American have crunch EU meeting on nickel deal November 09, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

MMG and Anglo American are due to meet EU merger officials on Tuesday to discuss whether the Sino-Australian miner can move ahead with its acquisition of a nickel business in Brazil, MLex has learned. 

China adopts public-interest litigation law, strengthening antitrust tool for prosecutors November 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has adopted its first dedicated law on prosecutor-led public-interest litigation, strengthening the legal basis for antitrust public-interest lawsuits. Approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Cong...(read more)

Coles tells tribunal Australian watchdog's Kalgoorlie block risks consumer choice November 09, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Coles Supermarkets Australia has told the Australian Competition Tribunal that the country’s antitrust watchdog risks overriding consumer choice by blocking a new supermarket in Western Australia’s Kalgoorlie, because it c...(read more)

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Alleged Union Pacific intimidation overshadows US rail board's deal review November 05, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski

Allegations that Union Pacific Railroad intimidated shippers threaten to derail its proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern before US regulators fully assess its merits, potentially leaving the rail industry without a def...(read more)

JD.com gave broad behavioral remedy package to gain EU approval for Ceconomy deal November 03, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

The EU go-ahead for JD.com's acquisition of Ceconomy shows that Chinese companies can gain EU subsidy approval for their European deals. But the ecommerce platform, which is listed internationally, had to give broad conces...(read more)

LetterOne appeal could influence UK national security divestment disputes November 03, 2026 | Jon Menon

LetterOne is set to ask the UK Supreme Court whether it is entitled to compensation after being forced to sell broadband provider Upp on national security grounds. The landmark appeal at the UK's top court by the investmen...(read more)

DoorDash, Instacart likely to get in-depth US state, federal reviews October 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

DoorDash’s proposed $17 billion acquisition of Instacart is likely to draw an in-depth investigation from US federal and state antitrust regulators as the merger carries the potential to eliminate a growing competitor and ...(read more)

US state AGs defend rights in antitrust conflicts with feds October 29, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

State attorneys general say they prefer federal antitrust agencies take the lead in resolving illegal corporate mergers, but promise to take matters into their own hands when the federal government shirks its obligation. T...(read more)

MMG must show nickel supply pledge is ‘quasi-structural’ to move EU regulator October 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Can Sino-Australian miner MMG persuade the EU merger regulator that it will keep a promise to supply ferronickel to European steelmakers once it has bought a key mine in Brazil? That will likely depend on how watertight it...(read more)

Upholding ‘trust’ in merger control fuels EU watchdog's swing at KKR, Kingspan October 23, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe’s system for reviewing M&A activity is built on “mutual trust,” and “any circumstance” to undermine it endangers the entire architecture, the EU enforcer has said. By turning up the heat on KKR and Kingspan over “mi...(read more)

Space venture Project Bromo has a narrow path to early EU antitrust approval October 23, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte

The "Project Bromo" space-exploration joint venture by Airbus, Thales and Leonardo, intended to rival SpaceX, has the political winds behind it and can hope for approval after a phase I review, subject to a major remedy pa...(read more)