The latest developments in global antitrust and competition, from exclusive insights into merger control reviews of large cross-border deals to policy changes that may affect ongoing and future proceedings
The EQT-led consortium planning to acquire British animal health company Dechra Pharmaceuticals should file a formal merger notification with the European Commission (EC) within the next few weeks, EU competition lawyers familiar with the deal …
EQT-led consortium expected to submit EC filing for Dechra takeover within coming weeks Read More »
The ongoing antitrust probe of Broadcom’s US$69bn takeover of cloud computing company VMware by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) could last longer than expected due to escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and …
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will likely review the revised transaction submitted by Microsoft to obtain antitrust approval for its merger with Activision Blizzard very swiftly and within the 18 October statutory deadline, …
The three non-binding offers for Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem – from a consortium comprising Apollo Global Management and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), J&F Investimentos, and Unipar Carbocloro – are still on the table, …
Unipar’s offer for Braskem would require asset sales, source involved says Read More »
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is likely to wait for its UK counterpart to issue a final ruling on Microsoft’s takeover of video game publisher Activision Blizzard before restarting the clock on its …
The difficulty of switching suppliers due to technical and contractual issues represents a key challenge in the UK antitrust review of the proposed takeover of British electronic patient record (EPR) provider EMIS by US-based UnitedHealth …
Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) is going to make an announcement on its planned offer for Toshiba “shortly”, a person briefed on the process told Equity Report. Commenting on recent press reports suggesting that the launch …
French former incumbent Orange is currently engaged in discussions with the European Commission (EC) around possible remedies for its planned joint venture with Spain’s fourth-largest telecoms operator MásMóvil. However, the acquirer may ask the EC …
Increasing trade tensions between China and the West, which have resulted in stricter policies concerning the export of chip manufacturing technology to either region, are expected to affect the outcome and timing of the antitrust …
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) announcement to “stand ready” to consider a revised remedy proposal from Microsoft that would address the competition concerns that had led the regulator to veto its planned merger with …
Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
