Private Equity, Foreign Subsidies, Mergers

EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation rains down new challenges for M&A

A&O Shearman on 3/5/2025

The transaction notification regime under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) is now over a year old. To date, intervention levels are low. But assessing whether a filing is required, and gathering the extensive...more

Trends in Dutch Public M&A 2023

A&O Shearman on 11/6/2023

The outlook for public M&A remains challenging, even if we have now reached a plateau in interest rates. We see two primary areas for opportunity: (i) strategic buyers using the current conditions to accelerate...more

EU FSR – the notification regime begins; what does it mean for private equity investors?

A&O Shearman on 10/12/2023

The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU, that could distort competition in EU markets. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the...more

Foreign Subsidies Regulation Key Updates for PE Deal Teams

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/25/2023

European M&A is expected to become more complex after European legislators agreed on a new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which came into force in January 2023 and aims to control subsidies that distort the EU internal...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q1 2023

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/21/2023

UNITED STATES - Wilson Resigns as FTC Commissioner - On February 14, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) lone Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson, announced that she was resigning. Wilson explained her decision...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q2 2022

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/26/2022

APRIL – JUNE 2022: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - • An Overview of Agency Merger Challenges from January 2021 through June 2022 Parties continue to be cautious in litigating challenged transactions. Since...more