Biggest Merger Reviews Of 2019: Midyear Report

In this article from Law360 looking at merger review highlights from the first half of 2019, Dechert partners Rani Habash (Washington, DC) and Alec Burnside (Brussels) are quoted extensively discussing DOJ negotiations over merger settlements, the AT&T-Time Warner merger, the Federal Trade Commission split on several vertical merger calls and enforcers from Europe and the U.K. effectively blocking a string of deals.

Dechert’s antitrust practice advised on two of the most significant merger reviews mentioned in the article, including representing CVS Health in its US$70 billion acquisition of Aetna, and serving as counsel to Fresenius Medical Care on the global merger clearance process relating to its US$2 billion acquisition of NxStage Medical, Inc. 

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