Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q4 2023

By Claire Danberg, Emilia Bonine, Jon B. Dubrow, Joel R. Grosberg, Stéphane Dionnet, Matt Evola and Max Küttner on February 14, 2024

Posted In DOJ Developments, EC Developments, EU Developments, FTC Developments, Healthcare Antitrust, Mergers & Acquisitions

Topics covered in this edition:

New Merger Guidelines Released
FTC Focused on Pharmaceutical Companies
FTC Targets “Moat-Building” Mergers
Fifth Circuit Fuels FTC’s Vertical Mergers Agenda
FTC Losing Streak Reverses During the Fourth Quarter
Ex post Review in the Merger Control Sphere Occurring More and More Frequently

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Tags: Department of Justice (DOJ), EC, European Commission, Ex post Review, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Fifth Circuit, Merger Guidelines, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, vertical mergers

Claire Danberg
Claire E. Danberg focuses her practice on antitrust matters and competition law, including antitrust litigation and compliance matters, as well as consumer protection. Claire focuses her work across a variety of industries, including healthcare, consumer products and technology and manufacturing. In addition to her antitrust and litigation work, Claire maintains an active pro bono practice. Read Claire Danberg's full bio.

Emilia Bonine
Emilia Bonine focuses her practice on EU and Belgian antitrust and competition law matters. She has experience in guiding clients through a broad range of antitrust issues, including in the context of national, European and global cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and international compliance matters, as well as in multijurisdictional merger control filings. Her representations cover several business sectors, including technology and high tech, transport and infrastructure, chemical, consumer products and financial services. Read Emilia Bonine's full bio.

Jon B. Dubrow
Jon Dubrow is co-head of McDermott’s Antitrust Mergers Focus Group and is a strategic advisor serving clients across a host of inter-related antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions / merger clearance, counseling and litigation. Jon leads the defense of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and other international competition authorities. He also regularly assists third parties whose interests are adversely affected by proposed transactions. Jon also is experienced in antitrust litigation. He provides counseling on distribution issues, contracting arrangements and a wide variety of other competition-related matters. Read Jon Dubrow's full bio.

Joel R. Grosberg
Joel R. Grosberg is co-head of McDermott’s Antitrust Mergers Focus Group and assists clients on civil and criminal antitrust matters, including obtaining merger clearances, counseling and litigation. He has represented clients in obtaining antitrust approvals in numerous challenging transactions, and in other government antitrust investigations before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and foreign competition authorities. Joel has significant experience in the high tech, chemical, health care and life sciences industries, including counseling on matters related to pricing and distribution practices and other competition-related issues. Read Joel Grosberg's full bio.

Stéphane Dionnet
Stéphane Dionnet has over 20 years of experience practicing international competition law, and has experience liaising with competition authorities in the European Union, United States and Asia. Stéphane has advised global corporations on how to navigate complex multijurisdictional merger control matters. He has represented clients in numerous cartel investigations and has also successfully assisted companies in obtaining conditional immunity from the European Commission and other competition law agencies in and outside the European Union. Read Stéphane Dionnet's full bio.

Matt Evola
Matt Evola assists clients with premerger analysis and notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act and in defending mergers and acquisitions before the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Department of Justice (DOJ), state antitrust authorities and foreign competition authorities. He also counsels clients in relation to complex antitrust litigation and government investigations. Matt has experience in a variety of industries, including representing clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, packaging, aggregates, consumer products, and telecommunications industries. Read Matt Evola's full bio.

Max Küttner
Max Küttner focuses his practice on antitrust, competition and trade law. He has advised on numerous cross-border M&A transactions from negotiation to the notification at various national/supranational competition authorities. Read Max Küttner's full bio.

Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q4 2023

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