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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Merger Control in a Changing Global Context: Four Key Themes for Dealmakers

- What is new: Merger control is becoming increasingly more complex as policy and geopolitical priorities shift across the globe. - Why it matters: These developments increase the unpredictability of multijurisdictional...more

A&O Shearman

UK merger control to see faster reviews and clarified jurisdictional tests

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its mergers guidance on jurisdiction and procedure (CMA2) and its mergers notice template....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Levelling the playing field: CMA’s Powers Narrowed in Pro-Growth Shift

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The UK Government has published the final version of its Strategic Steer to the CMA, which aims to create a “level playing field” through better regulation and, despite recognising the CMA’s independence in the exercise of...more

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UK government emphasises CMA’s independence while steering it to support UK growth and investment

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The UK government has issued the final version of its “strategic steer” to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), directing the authority to act in a way that prioritises growth and encourages investment in the UK. ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2025

JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Aims to Promote Growth Through Legislation: CMA Merger Control Powers in Focus Again

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The UK government recently published its “New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth” policy paper, outlining next steps for reforms across the UK regulatory landscape. The policy paper aims to create a...more

Hogan Lovells

4Ps and 3 themes – An overview of the CMA’s merger remedies review

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a call for evidence seeking feedback on its approach to merger remedies. This is one of a number of initiatives that signal a shift towards what is intended to be...more

White & Case LLP

The CMA’s “revised” approach to UK merger control and impact on M&A

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The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is taking significant steps to evolve its approach to merger control, introducing a new Mergers Charter and launching a review of its merger remedies framework. These initiatives...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Competition Authority Launches Consultation on Merger Remedies: A Shift Toward Flexibility and Growth?

On March 12, 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its approach to merger remedies, asking whether the authority should permit more complex remedies in Phase I investigations and...more

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UK CMA Mergers Charter and behavioural remedies—statement of intent for merger reviews

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Hot on the heels of the UK government’s February 2025 draft "strategic steer", the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new Mergers Charter. The Charter details principles the CMA will apply when engaging...more

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UK Competition and Markets Authority Launches Merger Remedies Review and Merger Charter Amid Ongoing Reforms

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on March 12, 2025 launched a review to assess how it approaches remedies in merger control cases and has published a mergers charter, which sets out clear principles and...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: March 2025 Update

Welcome to the March issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

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Antitrust and Competition Technology Year in Review 2024

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As we look back on 2024, one thing is clear: Antitrust enforcement in the technology sector continued at a steady pace, with global agencies showing no signs of relenting in their scrutiny of Big Tech companies....more

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Private equity roll-ups and other add-ons: Planning for scrutiny by UK and European competition authorities

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Many commentators believe that roll-up and other add-on transaction strategies will continue to be attractive to private equity fund managers across global markets. Competition authorities in the UK, Europe and the US have...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 06 March 2025

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COMPETITION - Commission clears acquisition of Novolex and Pactiv by Apollo and CPP Investments (M.11849) - Midday Express...more

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Antitrust in focus - February 2025

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Now out: our latest global trends in merger control enforcement report - In this tenth edition of our annual report, we analyze data for 2024 from 26 jurisdictions to reveal the latest trends in global merger control and...more

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The 2025 UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: The Beginning of a New Era for the UK Antitrust Watchdog

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The UK government recently issued its draft strategic steer to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in which it sets out its expectations for the CMA’s enforcement actions in relation to the government’s primary...more

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Stormy skies for tech deals as antitrust scrutiny intensifies

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Tech sector deals are seeing rising mortality rates. AI partnerships are moving up the authorities’ agenda for scrutiny and enforcement. Overall, however, antitrust intervention in 2024 once again focused on transport, energy...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2024

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The last year (and particularly the last few months) of the Biden Administration brought a flurry of activity from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the life sciences space, continuing a yearslong pattern of close...more

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Strategic steer and CMA policy proposals: UK government consults on its steer to the CMA

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Searching for ways to achieve its promised ‘growth’ and productivity ambitions, the UK government turned its gaze on the UK regulators around October last year, with the UK prime minister promising to “rip up the bureaucracy...more

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Litigation 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Outlook: A view of the landscape in Europe and the UK

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Welcome to our Litigation 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Outlook. In this report, we examine the legal trends that have shaped the commercial landscape in Europe and the UK and explore how these developments are likely to...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 29 January 2025

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COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11772 - Nippon Express / SH) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11853 - Novo Holdings / TA Associates / Biocomposites)....more

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Europe Daily News, 27 January 2025

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COMPETITION - Appeal brought on 3 December 2024 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-334/19, Google and Alphabet Vs. Commission (Case C-826/24 P) Re: dismissal of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK and European M&A: Predictions for 2025

2024 was a better year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK and Europe than 2023, although overall growth in the market was slow. Deal numbers, by both absolute volume and aggregate deal value, remained far below the...more

White & Case LLP

Global merger control trends and outlook 2024/2025

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Our latest edition explores the top merger control trends across the EU, US, UK, Middle East and Australia, and the outlook for 2025. EU and US merger control enforcement: quo vadis? In the EU, Executive Vice...more

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