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Synopsys-Ansys merger faces final KFTC deliberations in March
The fate of the Synopsys-Ansys merger in South Korea will be decided next month as the standing committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is set to deliberate on... (more story)
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Tapestry-Capri merger decision endorses flexible US market definitions
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” hand... (more story)
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US FTC’s bipartisan revision of premerger form aims to reduce legal vulnerability
All five US Federal Trade Commissioners voted last week for a slimmer, less demanding premerger form for dealmakers than the June 2023 draft — united across party l... (more story)
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Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison and other company representatives met with US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and his staff this week to discuss Skydance's transaction with Param... (more story)
Tech investor Prosus is offering to reduce its stake in Delivery Hero from 28 percent to below 10 percent as part of a package of remedies aimed at winning EU approval for its takeover of European food deliver... (more story)
Companies getting aid from non-EU governments will get more guidance on when M&A activity can be called in for review and how officials will balance the effects of any state support, under draft terms released... (more story)
Vivendi has been formally accused of breaching EU merger rules when it took over Lagardère in 2023, the European Commission said today. The regulator suspects Vivendi intervened in outlets such as Paris Match,... (more story)
Prosus has submitted “comprehensive” remedies to address EU competition concerns over its plan to take over European food delivery platform Just Eat Takeaway.com. The European Commission is expected to extend ... (more story)
DoorDash’s planned 2.9 billion-pound acquisition of rival Deliveroo has been cleared by the UK antitrust regulator, MLex has learned. The food delivery platform deal still needs antitrust and foreign-subsidy a... (more story)
President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the Federal Trade Commission asked a US court to stay an order which found that the firing of Democratic commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful," arguing... (more story)
Biden-era settlements with ExxonMobil and Chevron Corp. were rendered null and void by the Federal Trade Commission’s three Republicans today via orders that castigated those merger antitrust consent decrees a... (more story)
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A proposed amendment to a network-sharing agreement between TIM and Telefônica is raising red flags at Brazil’s competition authority due to the unclear scope of municipalities involved. While the companies ar... (more story)
The European Commission wants the Spanish government to drop “public interest” conditions imposed on BBVA’s bid for Banco Sabadell, which has drawn ire from national politicians. After standing up for UniCredi... (more story)
SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger, announced today it has completed its acquisition of rival oilfield service supplier ChampionX, 15 months after entering into the $7.8 billion transaction. The deal’s cleara... (more story)
Australia’s new merger regime was designed to be more transparent than the informal notification mechanism it’s set to replace. More deals are set to appear on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’... (more story)
The US Department of Justice’s approval of T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular last week is remarkable for the number of serious concerns Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said she had with the deal befo... (more story)
Prosus's bid to buy Just Eat Takeaway.com is worrying EU merger investigators over the tech investor's minority holding in food-delivery rival Delivery Hero*. Prosus could opt simply to sell that holding and m... (more story)
India's top competition official has voiced strong support for the proposed Digital Competition Bill, advocating for proactive "self-reporting obligations" to enhance market health, despite the existing regula... (more story)
Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)