7/2/2025 10:52:13 AM Market Trends in the Middle East and Northern Africa By Charlotte Stevens Anna Nersesian Justin Locke Usama Khalab Erin Miller Rankin Kim Rosenberg Saad Mian +4 more... Show less Hot topics Across the MENA region, long-term national development plans are reshaping the investment landscape and driving...
6/27/2025 10:21:20 AM Defence Tech M&A – Key Legal Insights in a High Stakes Market By Tijn Mandema Saloua Ouchan Hanneke Rothbarth This blog provides a high-level overview of legal due diligence considerations for investors considering investing in the defence...
6/26/2025 9:41:18 AM Armed for opportunity: navigating investment and compliance in the Dutch defence sector By Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing Max Immerzeel Tess Heystee +1 more... Show less While public defence spending is set to rise significantly, increased private sector involvement is also being encouraged. In this blog,...
6/23/2025 3:21:20 PM Faster, Fairer, Focused? How the CMA Plans to Lighten the Load on Mergers By Colin Raftery Simon Priddis On 20 June, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the latest raft of changes intended to refocus UK merger control. As we...
6/18/2025 10:41:07 AM Inside Infrastructure: Belgian Market Update By Frédéric Elens Theodora Milos Hot topics We are observing three key trends in Belgium: Construction sector outlook: a rebound is expected in the Belgian construction...
6/11/2025 10:14:23 AM Inside Infrastructure: The latest from Germany By Carsten Bork Mirko Masek Andreas Ruthemeyer Stefan Schröder Natascha Doll Heiner Braun +3 more... Show less As Germany’s new government settles into its role, the country’s energy and infrastructure sectors are undergoing transformative...
4/14/2025 8:44:17 AM The Dark Side of the Moon: Detecting and Scrutinizing Life Sciences M&A Remains Top of Mind at EC Expert Workshop By Jenny Leahy Alessandra Galea Niklas Andree Sharon Malhi +1 more... Show less In November 2024, the European Commission (EC) published an extensive study on so-called ‘killer acquisitions’ in the pharma sector,...
3/20/2025 12:40:29 PM Netherlands next in line to introduce a “call-in” option for competition regulator? By Winfred Knibbeler Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing On Tuesday 18 March, a draft legislative Act was published and opened up for public consultation (see here). Dutch Parliament has...
3/14/2025 1:12:52 PM The next step in the CMA’s evolving approach to M&A By Colin Raftery James Aitken Alastair Chapman Karen Slaney +1 more... Show less On 12 March, the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) kicked off the next round of outreach in its “evolving approach to merger...
3/10/2025 3:50:43 PM Below threshold review: ACM calls in transaction for potential abuse of dominance By Winfred Knibbeler Paul van den Berg Felix Roscam Abbing On Friday 7 March, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (the ACM) announced that it was investigating the acquisition of...
12/3/2024 7:13:41 AM The Future of Indian Insurance M&A: Regulatory Changes Create New Opportunities for International Investors By David Schwintowski The insurance sector in India is poised to witness a surge in M&A, capturing the interest of both strategic and financial investors....
9/5/2024 9:51:15 AM Landmark reversal in Illumina/Grail: the European Commission’s power to review non-notifiable transactions curtailed By Tuna Tanik Jan Jeram Paul van den Berg Alvaro Pliego Selie Gisela Santos Laura Onken Kirsty Brown +4 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has definitively rejected the European Commission’s (Commission) novel and broad interpretation of...