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How to Get the Deal Through: The Increasingly Complex Regulatory Landscape for M&A Transactions

Webinar | 09.12.24, 12:00 PM CEST - 1:30 PM CEST

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In Collaboration with the IBJ

In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the various regulatory hurdles that companies may face in M&A transactions.  They will focus in particular on recent developments that may affect the timing and certainty of deals, or even lead to the unwinding of already consummated transactions. Topics covered will include foreign direct investment (FDI) screening, filing requirements under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the European Commission’s new market definition notice, and recent case law on scrutiny of non-notifiable transactions (Towercast, Illumina/GRAIL). 

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