Tag: Antitrust merger
UK: Linklaters and Gibson Dunn join forces on Sainsbury’s-Asda deal
Linklaters and Gibson Dunn are advising on the proposed merger of supermarket giants Asda and Sainsbury’s, a deal that is set to reshape the...
US: T-Mobile, Sprint announce a plan for merger
T-Mobile and Sprint have reached a "definitive agreement" to merge in an all-stock deal, which would create a new company with a total value...
Nigeria: Top E-commerce firms, Konga, Yudala merge
The largest Nigerian retail services, Konga and Yudala, have officially announced a merger of their operations to significantly alter Nigeria’s online retailing space in...
US: Ascension, Providence St. Joseph no longer exploring merger
Health systems Ascension and Providence St. Joseph have ceased potential merger discussions for now, The Wall Street Journal reported. Last December, the Journal reported...
US: Bayer faces antitrust hurdles for Monsanto merger
Bayer’s plan to win antitrust approval to buy US seeds supplier Monsanto has not satisfied US officials, who are worried the US$62.5 billion merger...
Saudi Arabia: Petrochemical firms to resume merger talks
Sahara Petrochemical and Saudi International Petrochemical plan to resume talks about a potential merger, four years after a tie-up was put on hold, reported...
UK/US: Sparton, Ultra terminate US$234m merger
British defense contractor Ultra Electronics Holdings said it terminated the US$234 million acquisition of Schaumburg-based Sparton Corp. following an unfavorable antitrust review outcome from...
Philippines: Regulator raises threshold for M&A review
On Monday, March 5, the Philippine antitrust watchdog doubled the threshold to trigger a review of mergers and acquisitions, in a move seen partly...
UK: BBC Worldwide integrates vertically with BBC Studios
The BBC announced Wednesday, November 29, that it will merge its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, with its production arm, BBC Studios, into a single...
US: Meet the judge in antitrust case against AT&T-Time Warner
A federal judge who was critical of the Comcast-NBC Universal (NBCU) merger before signing off on the media megadeal in 2011 will oversee the...
