The UK government has opened a consultation on proposed powers to allow it to block listings that raise national security concerns. Such proposed powers would give the government the disc...
On 26 March 2021, the European Commission published new guidance on when it will accept referrals from EU National Competition Authorities to review deals involving potential “killer ac...
2020 marked the twelfth anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law. Over the course of the past year, the Chinese authorities made it clear that they expect to be full participants in th...
On 11 November 2020, the UK government published the National Security and Investment Bill, which, if enacted, will significantly reform the regulation of M&A activity in the UK by introd...
Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2021, a comprehensive overview ...
The UK government has announced amendments to the merger control regime which extend its discretionary powers to intervene on national security or public interest grounds. These reforms a...
In addition to antitrust and other regulatory approvals, an increasing number of jurisdictions have now adopted FDI screening mechanisms. These aim to determine whether investments by for...
The UK operates a voluntary merger control regime. In addition, the European Commission (EC) operates a ‘one-stop shop’ jurisdiction to review the largest and most complex cases on be...
On 24 April 2018, the European Commission (EC) announced a fine of €124.5 million on Altice for implementing its acquisition of PT Portugal before the transaction had been notified and ...
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced proposals to tighten its jurisdiction over mergers in the military, quantum technology and computing hardware industries. ...
