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Mergers and Acquisitions

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Marc van der Woude

Faster merger cases, tighter pleadings: Van der Woude’s hopes for EU court

EMFA

Euronews owner’s Adria deal tests EU Media Board’s reach beyond the bloc

pair of boats made of euro notes to symbolize EU banking mergers

US FTC has used phased second requests since leadership change, director says

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Linfox Armaguard proposes interim cash-distribution pricing regime in Australia October 01, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Linfox Armaguard has proposed an undertaking governing interim pricing and other terms for its Australian cash-distribution services. The undertaking would require Armaguard to maintain its existing geographic... (more story)

Crystal Crop cleared to acquire FMC India's crop protection business October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

Crystal Crop Protection has secured Indian antitrust approval to acquire FMC Corporation’s commercial crop-protection business in India for $252 million. The Competition Commission of India cleared Crystal Cro... (more story)

US DOJ closes Transocean-Valaris investigation; deal expected to close this year September 30, 2026 | Wesley Brown

Transocean and Valaris received US antitrust approval as the US Department of Justice notified the companies that the agency closed its investigation into the $5.8 billion deal. While still under review in Bra... (more story)

AkzoNobel-Axalta’s EU review prompts market definition questions September 30, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Investigators scrutinizing the merger of AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems are exploring how suppliers of vehicle refinish coatings compete for customers in Europe, according to questions issued to market players.

Brink’s to sell NoteMachine in move to get UK clearance for NCR Atleos deal September 30, 2026 | Jon Menon

US cash-handling company Brink’s said it will sell its NoteMachine unit in a bid to head off a deeper UK antitrust review after conceding that its acquisition of rival NCR Atleos may harm competition in the su... (more story)

Food giants’ market power needs tougher merger scrutiny, pressure groups say September 30, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Competition authorities should tighten scrutiny of agribusiness mergers and be tougher on companies that misuse their market power, according to a study that claims a handful of groups control key markets in s... (more story)

BNP Paribas' acquisition of IndiaFirst Life approved by India's competition watchdog September 30, 2026 | Freny Patel

BNP Paribas Cardif has won Indian antitrust approval to acquire about 26 percent of IndiaFirst Life Insurance, marking the French insurer's return to India's insurance sector after four years.

Brazil TV broadcasters back FFU arrangement in CADE review September 29, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Traditional television networks came out in favor of collective negotiation of broadcasting rights for soccer matches in Brazil, arguing it centralizes negotiations with a single counterparty and avoids fragme... (more story)

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Loctite ruling expands viability of US nonstructural challenges, brand theories September 30, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

The court ruling that blocked the Loctite-Liquid Nails construction adhesive merger provides ammunition for nonstructural merger challenges with theories of harm based primarily on anticompetitive effects. The... (more story)

Prologis-Segro tie-up turns spotlight on local-warehouse overlaps in UK, EU September 30, 2026 | Jon Menon

Prologis's £14 billion acquisition of rival Segro may test how UK and EU competition regulators assess localized warehouse markets, as one of the world's largest logistics real-estate companies absorbs a leadi... (more story)

Nortera no-close order freezes deal pending Canadian challenge on merits September 29, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Canada's Competition Tribunal's order keeping Nortera Foods' acquisition of B&G Foods Canada's Green Giant and Le Sieur businesses from closing offers an early test of how the country's strengthened interim-me... (more story)

American Water-Essential settlement attracting more attention in Pa. September 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Pennsylvania’s regulatory review of American Water’s acquisition of Essential Utilities has suffered from low public interest and the acquiescence of government watchdogs, but that changed this week when inter... (more story)

FTC’s China-linked remedy-buyer stance could test line between antitrust, CFIUS September 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson’s warning that he may reject a divestiture to a Chinese Communist Party-controlled buyer puts a new practical constraint on merger remedies: a buyer that appea... (more story)

Union Pacific merger faces broad, untested enhanced-competition standard September 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

As Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway seek approval for their proposed $85 billion merger, the companies are tasked with demonstrating to the US Surface Transportation Board that their deal is... (more story)

How will EU's new merger rules cope with Europe’s ‘zombie’ paper mills? September 24, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

UPM and Sappi's attempt to combine assets in the declining paper manufacturing sector will force the EU's merger regulator to clarify its stance on "zombie" companies and shrinking industries. In the past, it ... (more story)

Nvidia may seek EU review of Hugging Face deal amid filing uncertainty September 23, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Nvidia has yet to say whether its $12.9 billion bid for open-source AI platform Hugging Face needs merger-control review in Europe. But given that governments across the EU have handed new powers to regulators... (more story)

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2degrees-One NZ joint venture faces review by New Zealand antitrust watchdog October 01, 2026
E.On-OVO Energy deal cleared after UK antitrust probe October 01, 2026
Japanese engineering groups Mitsubishi Kakoki, Tsukishima to integrate October 01, 2026
Pa. utility deal needs conditions to be approved in state, municipalities say September 30, 2026
American Water, Essential criticize non-settling party concerns over Pa. settlement September 30, 2026
Transocean, Valaris receive US antitrust approval September 30, 2026
Lawmakers urge FERC to scrutinize NextEra-Dominion merger September 30, 2026
Consumers' bid for TRO against Paramount-Warner deal denied again by US judge September 30, 2026
Paramount settlement with states signed by US judge September 30, 2026
Paramount, Warner merger decision published by EU Commission September 30, 2026
Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM merger pitch rejected by Israeli government September 30, 2026
Brink’s-Atleos deal may harm competition, faces deeper UK review September 30, 2026
Live Nation-Plénitude deal withdrawn in France after change to merger thresholds September 30, 2026