Tag: Private Equity
US Private Equity Could Face Extra Scrutiny Under New Merger Review...
Advisers to private equity firms are expressing concerns about the potential impact of new merger notification rules proposed by US antitrust agencies. They believe...
Antitrust Chronicle® – Private Equity
Dear Readers,
This edition of the Chronicle focuses on private equity (“PE”) markets.
The PE industry has experienced extraordinary growth over the past few years. In...
Antitrust Enforcers Intensify Scrutiny of Private Equity Deals
Over the last several years, private equity firms have faced an increasingly aggressive antitrust enforcement environment, both in the U.S. and abroad. This increased...
The Vampire Diaries: Antitrust Scrutiny Intensifies Around Private Equity
The private equity (“PE”) industry has experienced extraordinary growth over the past few years. In parallel, antitrust scrutiny of PE by the U.S. enforcement...
Antitrust’s Increasingly Long Arm: (Minority) Private Equity Investors Beware
Where do competition, antitrust, and private equity intersect? Once antitrust’s favored child compared to strategic buyers, private equity seems to have fallen from competition...
Pandemic Puppies and Private Equity
One of the perhaps unexpected consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic increase in pet ownership. Beginning in 2019, but continuing through the pandemic,...
Private Equity’s Entry Into Healthcare Reveals Gaps In Competition Policy
One of the perhaps unexpected consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic increase in pet ownership. Beginning in 2019, but continuing through the pandemic,...
Antitrust and Private Equity – Parental Liability Rules Can Allow Authorities...
By: David Gallagher (The Thicket)
Private equity (PE) is in focus for antitrust authorities. In a merger control context, concerns around roll-up and keeping the...
Private Equity Moves Into The Antitrust Spotlight
By James Fontanella-Khan, Financial Times
For the private equity groups that now control so much of the US economy, America’s top antitrust enforcer has a...
