A merger freeze?

Regulators appear to be applying closer scrutiny to headline-grabbing mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Is it actually more difficult to get M&A deals through regulatory channels, or has the playbook just changed?

Did the US presidential changeover to the Biden administration—and to President Joe Biden’s appointees to various agencies and courts—have any bearing on today’s shifting dynamics in antitrust regulation? We discuss with Rani Habash, partner at Dechert LLP.

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