Now that Microsoft settled to pay $250 million to Activision shareholders led by Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden, comments of the former chief executive, Bobby Kotick, resurfaced, in which he ...
On 30 April 2026, the European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited draft merger guidelines (the draft Guidelines), which are open for public consultation until 26 June 2026. [1] ...
The European Commission’s draft merger guidelines tighten scrutiny while expanding how efficiencies and broader “benefits” like innovation, resilience and sustainability can justify deals under the EU ...
The Draft Guidelines consolidate horizontal and non-horizontal merger analysis into a single instrument. The Draft Guidelines give more emphasis to the positive impact of mergers that create scale, ...