Mergers and Acquisitions

A French antitrust fine this week for creating a medical waste treatment monopoly in the overseas territory of La Reunion is unlikely to be appealed: It was a symbolic €1 on each party involved as it was a fir... (more story)

Casino operators Fertitta Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment can be expected to tell regulators examining their proposed merger that geographic antitrust markets should be defined broadly due to an increa... (more story)

The lead councilor reviewing Saipem’s proposed acquisition of Subsea7 at Brazil’s competition authority has met internally with the agency’s prosecutors and economists to discuss the transaction. Officials als... (more story)

The US Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to a merger between two rival outdoor commercial playground builders — PlayPower and BCI Burke — includes several novel antitrust theories of harm from the 2023 nati... (more story)

An EU enquiry into whether furniture seller XXXLutz can buy 140 stores from fellow retailer Porta signals a focus on concerns about local consumer markets at a time when geopolitical economics looms large in m... (more story)

Saipem’s proposed merger with Subsea7 is expected to be decided by Brazil’s competition authority by Nov. 4, the last scheduled Tribunal decision-making session before the review’s Nov. 10 deadline, unless an ... (more story)

The UK government’s intervention in the sale of British classifieds marketplace Gumtree to China’s 58.com is an unusual example of national security investment powers being used to restrict access to a consume... (more story)

Nvidia is likely to argue that its proposed acquisition of Hugging Face would strengthen open-source artificial intelligence and expand demand for computing, while any attempt to steer developers toward its ow... (more story)