A Second Look at SPACs: Is This Time Different?
About a year ago, we wrote a post on this blog, entitled A Sober...
Antitrust Trends to Look Out for in 2022 – Cooley M&A
One year into his administration, President Joe Biden has made clear that aggressive competition...
Opinion | What The Microsoft-Activision Deal Means for Merger Guidelines
It successfully raised public awareness of the severity of the problem and the need...
Cooley’s 2021 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review – Cooley M&A
General trends in life sciences M&A Although the COVID-19 pandemic that defined 2020 continued...
A Hard Look at SPAC Projections
In recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has risen exponentially....
U.S. DOJ and FTC Announce Plan to Revamp Merger Guidelines
On Tuesday, January 18th, FTC Chair Lina Khan and DOJ Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney...
German Reform Plans regarding Corporate Co-Determination for an SE
On December 7, 2021, the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) and the...
How Microsoft Bought Activision Blizzard
How the Activision deal got done Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard...
Regulators aim to rewrite rules for big mergers.
WASHINGTON — Top federal antitrust officials on Tuesday announced a review of how they...
2021 Developments in Securities and M&A Litigation
Cleary Gottlieb’s “2021 Developments in Securities and M&A Litigation” discusses major developments from 2021...