The UK government has proposed major changes to the UK merger control decision-making procedures and jurisdictional tests as part of a broader initiative to encourage investment and promo...
New Department of the Treasury guidance and the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act include a number of provisions affecting cross-border investment, including an update to the Outbou...
In response to pressure from the UK government, the CMA continues to implement changes to UK merger control to showcase its commitment to the ‘4Ps’ (pace, predictability, proportional...
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are contributing editors of Lexology’s Panoramic: Private M&A 2026...
The UK’s new consumer protection regime equips the CMA with extensive new direct enforcement powers, establishes additional banned practices, and provides for penalties as high as 10% o...
With changes to the scope of the Takeover Code taking effect today, this update recaps Takeover Code developments and key trends in UK takeover activity over the last 12 months.
Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce and partner and Mergers & Acquisitions co-chair Louis Goldberg are contributing editors of Lexology’s Panoramic: Private M&A 2025...
On 3 September 2024, the EU Court of Justice ruled that EU Member States cannot refer transactions to the European Commission if those transactions are not caught by their own national me...
