Mergers & Acquisitions Watch

The State of Global M&A and Private Equity: A Conversation with Steven Rathbone, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Stout In this episode of Mayer Brown’s Global Corporate M&A podcast, Jonathan Dhanawade joins Steven Rathbone, Stout’s Vice Chairman, Investment...

The State of Global M&A and Private Equity: A Conversation with Steven Rathbone, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Stout

Aerospace Update | October 2025 NASA’s Breakthrough Superalloy Wins Commercial Invention of the Year NASA Glenn Research Center’s new material, GRX-810, has been recognized...

Aerospace Update | October 2025

Upcoming changes to reporting requirements for economic concentrations in Argentina: Top points The executive branch of Argentina’s government published, on November 17, 2025, Executive Order No. 810/2025 (EO) in the country’s Official...

Upcoming changes to reporting requirements for economic concentrations in Argentina: Top points

Judge Clears PE Firm’s $627M Acquisition of Medical Device Firm, a Setback for the FTC Decision marks another in a string of cases in which courts dive into an issue before evidence is fully gathered. Private equity firm GTCR LLC is...

Judge Clears PE Firm’s $627M Acquisition of Medical Device Firm, a Setback for the FTC

The ExxonMobil Retail Voting Program: What Public Companies Should Know On Sept. 15, 2025, the staff of the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions, Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

The ExxonMobil Retail Voting Program: What Public Companies Should Know

Democratic AGs Win Intervention in Court Review of $14B HPE/Juniper Deal The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the request of 13 Democratic AGs to intervene in the court’s review of a...

Democratic AGs Win Intervention in Court Review of $14B HPE/Juniper Deal

What Is M&A? A Practical Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions Whether you’re a business owner exploring growth opportunities, an investor evaluating a transaction, or a professional advisor navigating deal...

What Is M&A? A Practical Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions

Comcel's Resolution of Re-Opened FCPA Investigation Highlights Value and Limits of Self-Disclosure Key Takeaways: Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. (“Comcel”) and its parent, Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”) recently announced...

Comcel's Resolution of Re-Opened FCPA Investigation Highlights Value and Limits of Self-Disclosure

Integrating the IP of New Technologies Global Tax and IP Risks This episode of Tech Talks outlines why intercompany licensing—clear ownership, licensees, and exclusive rights—is vital for operations and...

Integrating the IP of New Technologies Global Tax and IP Risks

The Role of Delaware Legal Opinions in Today’s Corporate Transactions In commercial transactions, legal opinions often serve as both a risk-allocation device and a due diligence tool. Among the states, Delaware...

The Role of Delaware Legal Opinions in Today’s Corporate Transactions

FTC Fails to Convince Court that Meta is a “Personal Social Networking” Monopoly Despite buying Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook has lost ground to competitors that increasingly look the same. But should that matter when it...

FTC Fails to Convince Court that Meta is a “Personal Social Networking” Monopoly

China Monthly Antitrust Update - November 2025 SAMR Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Qualcomm Over Suspected Failure to Merger Filing: On October 10, 2025, SAMR initiated an...

China Monthly Antitrust Update - November 2025

Americas M&A Newsletter Fall 2025 Activist campaigns have become an increasingly common strategy for investors seeking to unlock shareholder value. M&A and other...

Americas M&A Newsletter Fall 2025

New Year, New MEGs: Competition Bureau Publishes Draft Merger Enforcement Guidelines for Comment On November 13, 2025, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) published for consultation its draft Merger Enforcement Guidelines (Draft MEGs) setting out...

New Year, New MEGs: Competition Bureau Publishes Draft Merger Enforcement Guidelines for Comment

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Diversis Acquires Three Healthcare Technology Companies Diversis Capital has announced the acquisitions of three technology companies serving the hospital supply chain management market...

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Diversis Acquires Three Healthcare Technology Companies

Understanding the Benefits and Burdens of Rollover Equity in a Practice Sale When a professional practice sells its business the buyer often pays part of the purchase price in the form of “rollover equity” rather than...

Understanding the Benefits and Burdens of Rollover Equity in a Practice Sale

French M&A weathers political storm, with distressed deals, sectoral strength and PE driving dealmaking Deals targeting French companies hold steady despite widespread economic and political uncertainty - France is currently weathering a...

French M&A weathers political storm, with distressed deals, sectoral strength and PE driving dealmaking

No Sugar-Coating It: Fix Nixes FTC Challenge to Medical Device Coatings Merger Our Antitrust Team examines a recent federal district court decision rejecting a challenge by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to a merger of...

No Sugar-Coating It: Fix Nixes FTC Challenge to Medical Device Coatings Merger

California MSO Transaction Notification Requirements Begin January 1, 2026 A significant change in California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) transaction-notice requirements will take effect on January 1,...

California MSO Transaction Notification Requirements Begin January 1, 2026

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: TPG and Blackstone to Acquire Hologic TPG and Blackstone will acquire Hologic, according to a news release. The deal is valued at up to $18.3 billion.

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: TPG and Blackstone to Acquire Hologic

3 takeaways from US antitrust M&A activity in Q3 2025 United States (US) antitrust enforcement in Q3 2025 reflects a pragmatic yet assertive approach under the Trump administration. While the US...

3 takeaways from US antitrust M&A activity in Q3 2025

A deep dive into recent EU and UK antitrust M&A shifts: Flexible jurisdiction and remedies Recent developments in European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) merger control reveal a dynamic shift toward greater flexibility and practical...

A deep dive into recent EU and UK antitrust M&A shifts: Flexible jurisdiction and remedies

Key Takeaways on the 2025 Infrastructure Market and 2026 Outlook from Infrastructure Investor America Forum What is the current outlook for North American infrastructure? Ropes & Gray attorneys explored this question at the Infrastructure Investor...

Key Takeaways on the 2025 Infrastructure Market and 2026 Outlook from Infrastructure Investor America Forum

Global M&A trends: 4 notable Q3 2025 cases out of the US, EU, and UK Global merger control authorities remained highly active in Q3 2025, scrutinizing deals across healthcare, aerospace, logistics, and digital...

Global M&A trends: 4 notable Q3 2025 cases out of the US, EU, and UK

Big banks, consumer consolidation and automotive action drive Italian M&A Italy’s M&A market has defied geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty in 2025 to deliver big-ticket deals, with banking transactions at the...

Big banks, consumer consolidation and automotive action drive Italian M&A

Southern District Of New York Denies Leave To Amend Putative Securities Class Action Complaint Against Software Company On November 7, 2025, Judge John G. Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion for leave to...

Southern District Of New York Denies Leave To Amend Putative Securities Class Action Complaint Against Software Company

Business Succession Planning Protects Owner and Company Alike Why should every business owner consider or revisit business succession planning at this time of year? The simple answer: Business succession...

Business Succession Planning Protects Owner and Company Alike

Private Equity and Nursing Homes: What Families Need to Know Private equity firms are increasingly acquiring nursing homes, which can lead to quality-of-care issues, staffing cuts, reduced services and...

Private Equity and Nursing Homes: What Families Need to Know

Sneak Peek of the Silicon Valley 150 Companies’ Governance Practices: Defensive Measures Wilson Sonsini annually publishes the Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which analyzes the governance practices and disclosures of...

Sneak Peek of the Silicon Valley 150 Companies’ Governance Practices: Defensive Measures

Millicom Subsidiary Enters into First FCPA Corporate DPA Since FCPA Pause Lifted: Takeaways on Enforcement Landscape and Compliance Priorities On November 10, 2025, Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. (Comcel or Company), a Guatemalan cellular telecommunications services company, entered into...

Millicom Subsidiary Enters into First FCPA Corporate DPA Since FCPA Pause Lifted: Takeaways on Enforcement Landscape and Compliance Priorities