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Mergers and Acquisitions

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Rossel-IPM merger wins Belgian approval with media plurality safeguards July 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Rossel's acquisition of IPM's press activities has been approved by the Belgian competition watchdog after the publisher accepted stringent editorial safeguards, including indefinite commitments to preserve ne... (more story)

Soccer bloc FFU faces full-form antitrust review in Brazil July 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Futebol Forte União, or FFU, notified the transaction as part of a gun-jumping settlement reached with CADE, seeking antitrust clearance for an arrangement involving the collective commercialization of soccer ... (more story)

Cristália-Takeda plant deal cleared in Brazil July 03, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s antitrust authority has cleared Cristália’s acquisition of Takeda’s pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Jaguariúna, finding that the transaction is unlikely to reduce the availability of contract ma... (more story)

MMG, Anglo American extend deal deadline to secure EU clearance July 03, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

The deal deadline for Chinese-owned mining company MMG to acquire Anglo American's nickel business in Brazil has been extended to Oct. 31 in order give more time to secure EU approval. The European Commission ... (more story)

AmericanOil, Metta acquisition cleared in Brazil after full review July 03, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Groupo Argenta's acquisition of AmericanOil, Metta and related assets was cleared by the Brazilian competition authority without restrictions after being ordered a full-form review only two weeks ago. 

Santher gets more time for Brazil Kimberly-Kenvue merger intervention request July 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Brazil's antitrust authority has granted Santher an additional 15 days to submit evidence supporting its request to intervene as an interested third party in the review of Kimberly-Clark's proposed acquisition... (more story)

Vivendi gets fresh EU charges in Lagardère gun-jumping probe (update*) July 03, 2026 | Jean Comte, Nicholas Hirst and Andrew Boyce

Vivendi has seen the EU's competition enforcer add "new significant evidence" to its allegations that the French media giant influenced decisions at Lagardère before gaining EU approval to buy it. The "supplem... (more story)

Orange, APG file takeover of Polish fiber operator Nexera for EU clearance July 03, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Telecom operator Orange and pension fund APG have sought EU approval for their plan to jointly acquire fiber operator Nexera. The European Commission has set an August 7 deadline to decide on the deal, which i... (more story)

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Paramount-Warner deal raises UK streaming, children's TV, news plurality concerns July 03, 2026 | Jon Menon

Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. could see the UK government seek to extend media plurality scrutiny to streaming services, as it raises concerns about children's television and international n... (more story)

Getty-Shutterstock deal axing sharpens political focus on UK merger enforcement July 01, 2026 | Jon Menon

The UK antitrust regulator could come under the political spotlight after Getty Images said it intended to abandon its acquisition of US rival Shutterstock. Getty cited a Competition and Markets Authority requ... (more story)

Slaughter ruling, Ferguson move narrow US FTC, DOJ merger differences June 30, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter is likely to be remembered for transforming the Federal Trade Commission's independence. But it also underscores a quieter shift in US merger enforcement: ... (more story)

US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers June 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)

CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit June 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US government's national security review of foreign investments in the US used to be one of the country's primary means of ensuring adversaries didn't steal American military secrets or gain access to pers... (more story)

Barreto urges review of Brazil merger rules as he exits CADE June 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority must be transparent about which deals require notification, exiting Superintendent Alexandre Barreto de Souza said in an exclusive interview, as he called for a review of re... (more story)

California AG's Paramount, Nexstar warnings suggest tough litigation stance June 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

California Attorney General Rob Bonta signaled that his concerns about the Paramount-Warner and Nexstar-Tegna transactions have not yet been resolved and that the problems will be difficult to rectify. Bonta c... (more story)

CADE's Barreto exiting after 8 years, touts stronger authority, faster deal reviews June 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

Alexandre Barreto de Souza concludes an eight-year tenure at Brazil’s antitrust authority, having held its two top positions as president and superintendent. In an interview with MLex, he highlighted his effor... (more story)