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China's Inaugural Merger Control Litigation: Tobishi v. SAMR and Its Practical Impact

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Since the Anti-Monopoly Law came into effect in 2008, China has established a merger control regime now administered by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). Transactions that meet the notification...more

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Strategic Alignment With Collaboration Partners Is Essential to a Successful Life Sciences M&A Exit

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In the midst of shifting political headwinds and a tight funding market, many life sciences companies are considering their M&A exit. Potential acquirers (both strategic and private equity) have plenty of dry powder and are...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Takeovers Panel drops a suite of new considerations for voting intention statements

In the recent decision in Re Dropsuite Limited [2025] ATP 10, the Takeovers Panel concluded that a voting intention statement given by a substantial shareholder in the usual form was ‘ambiguous’ as to whether that shareholder...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

New merger control regime - What you need to know for dealmaking

The Government has made the notification rules which determine the circumstances in which 2026 transactions will need to be notified to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) under the new Part IVA of the...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DealMakers: Private M&A Report Australia 2025

This exclusive report unpacks a sample of over 60 private M&A transactions led by our Dealmakers—offering data-driven insights into a dynamic year of strategic execution, sector shifts, and evolving deal structures...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Allows Amendment of LLC Agreement to Permit Disparate Consideration Where Amendment Provisions Were...

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In Faiz Khan and Ralph Finger v. Warburg Pincus, LLC et al., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing was not applicable to a private equity sponsor’s amendment of a limited...more

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China Monthly Antitrust Update: April 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for April. The following events merit special attention...more

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Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Roundup: Trump Administration Off to An Aggressive Start

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Last week, on April 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Mark Meador as the FTC’s third Republican commissioner.  Meador joins Chairman Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak on what is now a three commissioner panel (all...more

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Six Essential Tips for Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in Government Contracts

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In honor of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are sharing six essential tips for successfully navigating Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in government contracting. The...more

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Earnouts in M&A Transactions: Recent Decisions From Delaware

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In 2024, Delaware courts issued multiple instructive decisions on earnout provisions in life sciences M&A transactions. ...more

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China Monthly Antitrust Update: March 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for March. The following events merit special attention...more

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EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: European Commission Launches Consultation on Guidelines

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The European Commission seeks stakeholders' views on the guidelines for the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR")....more

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Banking Sector Girds for M&A Uptick in 2025

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Artificial intelligence is like a “baseline” that banks will implement for back-end operations, customer-facing tools like chatbots and digital banking services, said James Stevens, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke....more

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Global M&A Predictions for 2025

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Our commercial insight and understanding of the market environment place us in a unique position to comment on M&A trends. Here are our predictions for 2025... ...more

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The Winning Way to Programmatic M&A in Oil & Gas

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A recent BTI Consulting study revealed that more than 50% of M&A transactions are not budgeted for by in-house legal departments. This statistic underscores a common issue—a lack of planning and systematic approaches in...more

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Policies in Focus: Opportunities and Challenges Expected for M&A and VC in 2025

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The only constant in Washington, D.C., is that power will periodically shift from one party to another, and back again. As a new administration and Congress begin to chart a course on a wide range of policies, it is important...more

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A Sharper Focus: Exploring VC Side Letters

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A side letter in the venture capital sector is an agreement between an investor and the company it is investing in that entitles the investor to certain contractual rights, which supplement and are in addition to other rights...more

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Supporting the Health of your Healthcare Organization

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Private equity sponsors and their healthcare portfolio companies are expected to ride the tailwind of an M&A rebound. Long-term capital gains tax rates will likely remain unchanged, or possibly drop. As a result, sellers may...more

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Antitrust/M&A - Year-in-Review 2024

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2024 was a significant year for merger enforcement worldwide. In the United States, the Biden administration continued the aggressive approach reflected in the revamped Merger Guidelines issued in December 2023. In Europe,...more

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Delaware Court Reinforces Limits of Integration Clauses in Cytotheryx

On October 16, 2024, in Cytotheryx, Inc. v. Castle Creek Biosciences (Cytotheryx), the Delaware Court of Chancery underscored the limitations of integration clauses in merger agreements in barring claims based on...more

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Kroger/Albertsons Ruling Provides Lessons for Merger Remedy Divestitures

On December 10, a federal court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons, which would have been the largest supermarket merger in US history (Albertsons...more

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Seeing Double: Kroger/Albertsons Merger Blocked by Federal and State Courts

In parallel, same-day rulings, a federal and state court blocked The Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion proposed acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., relying on traditional antitrust analysis and evidence of...more

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The Last Hurrah: Lina Khan and the FTC’s Final Push for Substantive Antitrust Policy and Enforcement Changes

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December has been a busy and banner month for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Following its successful suit to block the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger, the FTC issued two significant announcements: (1) the withdrawal...more

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Two Courts Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger

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Within hours of each other, an Oregon federal district court followed by a Washington state court enjoined the $24.6 billion merger of the Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains. The Oregon court adopted the controversial 2023...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - IP and M&A Transactions

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In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Rakesh Parikh, Aaron Fadden and Janet Cho provide their insights into some of the nuances of corporate transactions involving intellectual property. Transactions that involve...more

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