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Antitrust in focus March 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Thomas Masterman, partner based in London, is our editor this month. He has selected: Out now: our latest global...more

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Antitrust scrutiny of private equity deals intensifies

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Traditionally, private equity firms were seen as benign investors from an antitrust perspective. This is changing. In the past 12 months, PE-funded acquisitions have faced progressively more rigorous scrutiny by antitrust...more

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Private equity firms hunt for value in public markets

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Take private activity reached a decade high in the first half of 2021, fueled by large sums of dry powder and heated competition for assets - The takeover of supermarket chain Morrison's, the fourth-largest in the UK, has...more

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UK Takeover Panel's Code Committee Proposes Changes to Treatment of Offer Conditions and Offer Timetable

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The Code Committee ("Code Committee") of the UK Takeover Panel ("Panel") has published a consultation paper proposing a number of amendments to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Code") which, if adopted, will mark a...more

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PE Firms Must Evaluate Competition Strategy Ahead of Brexit

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By Jonathan Parker and Greg Boneé As the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) prepares to assume sole jurisdiction for UK competition reviews post-Brexit, private equity deal teams must evaluate the competitive...more

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CMA Taking Increasingly Intrusive Approach To Monitoring UK Deals

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Since its launch in April 2014, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has played a crucial role in determining the outcome of some of the UK’s headline deals. Last year alone, the CMA scrutinised over 60 deals including...more

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