Antitrust Mergers and Acquisitions
Overview
Crowell & Moring has successfully handled the antitrust clearance of some of the largest and most complex mergers and acquisitions in recent history. We pride ourselves on guiding our clients through the successful review of their most important strategic transactions. Our track record of consistent success speaks for itself.
Contacts
Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.24.24
FTC Announces Annual Update to HSR Thresholds
The Federal Trade Commission announced its annual updates to the thresholds and filing fees related to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act) on Monday. These dollar thresholds are indexed annually based on changes in the U.S. gross national product and the Consumer Price Index.
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24
Publication | 01.01.24
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23
DOJ and FTC Issue Final 2023 Merger Guidelines With Significant Changes and Updates
Representative Matters
- AT&T in its landmark $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and its $48 billion acquisition of DIRECTV
- UTC in its $135 billion acquisition of The Raytheon Company, its $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins, and its $16.5 billion acquisition of Goodrich
- Humana in its proposed $34 billion acquisition by Aetna
- Coventry Health in its $5.7 billion sale to Aetna
- DuPont in its $4.9 billion sale of its coatings business
- AT&T in its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile
- AT&T in its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth
- SBC Communications and Cingular Wireless in their $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless (the largest all-cash transaction in U.S. history)
- DuPont in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Danisco
- Rio Tinto in the divestiture of U.S. coal assets
- Reed Elsevier in its $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint
- United Technologies in its $1.8 billion acquisition of the GE Security business
- Sierra Health Services in its $2.6 billion acquisition by UnitedHealth Group
- Alcoa in the formation of its purchasing joint venture, Evermore Recycling
- Pratt & Whitney in the formation of aeroengine joint ventures with General Electric and Rolls Royce
- E.I. DuPont de Nemours in the formation of its biotech trait and genetics licensing joint venture, Greenleaf Genetics, with Syngenta
- Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and UBS in the formation of trading platform ICE US Trust
- Sikorsky in its teaming arrangement with Lockheed Martin to support helicopters for the U.S. Navy
- DuPont in the formation of its soy nutrition ingredients joint venture, Solae
Contacts
Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.24.24
FTC Announces Annual Update to HSR Thresholds
The Federal Trade Commission announced its annual updates to the thresholds and filing fees related to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act) on Monday. These dollar thresholds are indexed annually based on changes in the U.S. gross national product and the Consumer Price Index.
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24
Publication | 01.01.24
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23
DOJ and FTC Issue Final 2023 Merger Guidelines With Significant Changes and Updates
Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.24.24
FTC Announces Annual Update to HSR Thresholds
The Federal Trade Commission announced its annual updates to the thresholds and filing fees related to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act) on Monday. These dollar thresholds are indexed annually based on changes in the U.S. gross national product and the Consumer Price Index.
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24
Publication | 01.01.24
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23
DOJ and FTC Issue Final 2023 Merger Guidelines With Significant Changes and Updates