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Australia is transitioning to a new merger control regime

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Transition to Australia’s new merger control regime began on July 1, 2025, and merger parties are now able to notify voluntarily under the new regime. Mandatory approval of transactions that meet notification thresholds will...more

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Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q3 2024

The US antitrust regulators continued to aggressively challenge transactions and associated Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) violations during the third quarter of 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) litigated two merger...more

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Key Takeaways from the New Egyptian Merger Control Guidelines

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The Egyptian merger control regime will enter into force on 1 June 2024. In anticipation of this, the Egyptian Competition Authority has published the relevant notification forms, as well as detailed guidelines and Q&As to...more

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Egypt’s New Merger Control Regime Goes Into Effect

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The Egyptian pre-closing merger control regime will go into full effect on 1 June 2024. The Egyptian Competition Law was amended in December 2022 to introduce a new pre-closing merger control regime, but its enforcement was...more

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At Mid-Year 2023, WAMS Data Show Global Decrease in Merger Filing Notifications, with Significant Declines in U.S. and EU Merger...

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White & Case Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS)—the first real-time clearinghouse for global merger notification data—has analyzed merger notifications in reporting jurisdictions around the first half of calendar year...more

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CEO Announces A Merger, But Court Finds No Merger

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This is a case of three companies.  Two of these companies, Axene and Dynamic Vision, have their principal places of business, and were incorporated, in California.   The third company, Healthstar, was organized in and has...more

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Saudi Arabia's New Competition Law Goes Into Effect

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's new competition regime has gone into effect with potentially significant implications for businesses which are active in the Kingdom and those considering transactions with a Saudi component. The...more

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Oil & Gas Software Acquisition Challenged by Canadian Competition Regulator

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Canada’s Competition Bureau (CCB) recently filed a challenge with the Canadian Competition Tribunal to unwind a U.S. private equity firm’s May 2019 acquisition of a company that offers reserves valuation and reporting...more

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Mexican Competition Authority Sanctions BorgWarner and REMY Holdings for Gun Jumping

On January 31, the Board of the Mexican Competition Authority—the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE)—approved REMY Holdings International’s acquisition of BorgWarner’s vehicle aftermarket business. However, the...more

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