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Indian bank M&A funding shift could streamline antitrust deal reviews
Funding of mergers and acquisitions by Indian banks is expected to simplify competition scrutiny. Bank debt, unlike private equity or venture capital funding, avoid... (more story)
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US DOJ, FTC ask for litigation stays amid government shutdown
Federal merger control, antitrust and consumer protection litigators requested stays in numerous pending US district court cases Wednesday morning, citing the natio... (more story)
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Simplify notification-waiver form for dealmakers, Australian businesses say
A waiver process allowing deals that don’t raise competition concerns to avoid probes under Australia’s rigorous new merger regime is complex, ambiguous and require... (more story)
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Electricity company Talen Energy discussed its proposed acquisition of two power plants with officials with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, and made the decision to voluntarily supply the DO... (more story)
A federal judge denied the US Department of Justice’s motion to stay the court’s review of the UnitedHealth Group-Amedisys settlement while US President Donald Trump and the US Congress resolve a lapse in fede... (more story)
The EU will offer no carve-outs for the "powerful" and not go soft for "vested interests," Teresa Ribera said, responding to calls by CEOs of European companies for looser rules. The EU's competition chief sai... (more story)
Onto Innovation has amended its agreement to acquire Semilab USA after receiving a request for additional information from the US Department of Justice. The companies agreed that Semilab’s Fourier-Transform in... (more story)
India's Tata AutoComp Systems has sought EU foreign-subsidy approval to buy IAC Group Sweden. The European Commission will decide by Nov. 13. The deal won EU approval under merger-control rules in September. T... (more story)
The head of the French competition authority has lambasted a demand by French and German CEOs for Europe’s merger rules to be relaxed. Benoit Coeuré's comments on LinkedIn drew support from his German counterp... (more story)
Fidelity National Information Services said that the need to refile a merger notice to the UK antitrust regulator in relation to its acquisition of Total System Services won’t affect its expected timetable to ... (more story)
The Polish competition authority said it hasn't taken a decision on the intended merger between Saipem and Subsea7 as it has "stopped the clock" after requesting the companies to flesh out their application. T... (more story)
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Changes to deal notification thresholds don’t appear to be on the horizon, Brazilian competition authority President Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima said, noting that such a decision rests with the government.... (more story)
In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the interim president of Brazil’s antitrust authority, Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, affirmed its commitment to ensuring predictability and technical rigor in its m... (more story)
The newly expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification form requires more statements and documents from merging parties in the US that might put deals at greater risk. Such “hot documents” are stateme... (more story)
The proposed merger of mining companies Anglo American and Teck Resources is sure to draw a national security review from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and will likely require econom... (more story)
As the six-month transition period between Australia’s outgoing informal merger regime and the incoming mandatory rules starts to wind down, antitrust lawyers are warning of a stampede of dealmakers wanting to... (more story)
In reviewing Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina's planned buyout of Belgian peer Milcobel, the EU merger regulator must navigate the sensitive subject of food prices given the deal's focus on milk, chees... (more story)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and German chemicals company Covestro are optimistic of overcoming EU subsidy concerns over their merger, MLex has learned. The companies intend to formally submit remedies befor... (more story)
UK competition authorities have sent fewer deals to full investigation so far this year, reflecting changes in the regulator’s review process as it looks to encourage investment. The Competition and Markets Au... (more story)