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Mergers and Acquisitions

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Trump fires US Surface Transportation Board Democrat Robert Primus August 28, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

US President Donald Trump fired Robert Primus, one of two Democrats on the Surface Transportation Board, the government body that regulates railroad mergers and is investigating Union Pacific’s proposed acquis... (more story)

AAM seeks EU approval for $1.4bn Dowlais deal August 28, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

American Axle & Manufacturing, or AAM, has notified yesterday its deal to buy its UK-based competitor Dowlais. The European Commission set an Oct. 1 deadline to decide on the deal.

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy to acquire affiliate Hyundai Mipo in global expansion August 28, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, has announced plans to merge with its affiliate HD Hyundai Mipo, creating a Singapore-based investment entity to oversee subsidiaries... (more story)

Boeing seeks EU approval for $4.7 billion Spirit takeover August 28, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

US aircraft-maker Boeing has sought EU merger approval for its $4.7 billion acquisition of its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, according to the regulator’s website. The European Commission set a deadline of Sept.... (more story)

Boeing-Spirit UK antitrust concerns pacified by Airbus deal August 27, 2025 | Jon Menon

Boeing's $4.7 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems did not raise competition concerns because rival Airbus was also buying parts of the Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer of fuselages, wings and other air... (more story)

Australian antitrust official downplays impact of legal costs for mergers August 27, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

It’s difficult to offer a perspective on the impact of legal costs under Australia’s mandatory merger rules, but the bigger picture of the new regime is a more efficient process and regulator, a competition of... (more story)

Uber sees Denmark flex new 'call in' merger power August 26, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte

Uber must seek formal approval from Danish officials for its acquisition of Dantaxi, even though the deal has already completed. The move by Denmark's Competition and Consumer Authority is the first time it ha... (more story)

Tecpar–Allrede deal cleared without remedies in Brazil August 26, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition authority has approved the acquisition of Allrede Participações S.A. by BTT Telecomunicações S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo Tecpar, without imposing any remedies. The parties’ combined market... (more story)

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EchoStar-AT&T deal leads US regulators to weigh priorities in use of spectrum August 27, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski

EchoStar’s sale of $23 billion in spectrum to AT&T could satisfy concerns about maximizing opportunities for providing wireless service, but it also raises questions about consolidation among the Big Three ser... (more story)

Disney-NFL deal faces regulatory, political risk in US August 26, 2025 | Flavia Fortes and Wesley Brown

Disney’s agreement with the National Football League — which grants the NFL a 10 percent stake in ESPN in exchange for NFL Network and other media assets — is likely to draw antitrust scrutiny because of Disne... (more story)

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal could be start of US rail merger wave August 26, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be the biggest railroad merger ever and has become the subject of great analysis and public debate. But to the regulators reviewing th... (more story)

New EU media merger test at risk of uneven national implementation August 25, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

The EU has introduced new rules to safeguard media freedom and independence, including a powerful media-plurality test. However, initial steps to implement the rules in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany ... (more story)

Union Pacific dealmakers, merger critics spar over forecasts August 22, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern argue their proposed merger will increase the speed of cross-country freight rail shipping, partly by minimizing the need for transfers from one railroad to another, and they... (more story)

Fired enforcer describes 'battle lines' between US DOJ chief of staff, antitrust chief August 21, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Roger Alford, who was fired from the US Department of Justice last month, has described in stark terms the split he sees in the DOJ over the handling of mergers and other competition matters. On one side, he s... (more story)

State interference in EU banking mergers might trigger rise in litigation August 21, 2025 | Jean Comte

Governments across the EU have shown themselves to be increasingly inclined to block — or put additional conditions on — banking mergers even after they've been approved by regulators, despite the bloc's free ... (more story)

Onus on Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to pass US STB’s cost-benefit test August 20, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Curtis Eichelberger

Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern requires the blessing of the US Surface Transportation Board, which will — for the first time ever — apply toughened merger evaluation criteria for Clas... (more story)