Michael Bow

EU officials are preparing for an unusually busy summer of talks with M&A buyers about how much cash bidders get from foreign governments, @InformaCompLaw event heard earlier. Read more in today's Daily from @ctfn_news #InformaCompetitionLaw

Pfizer's $43 billion Seagen takeover on course for EU merger probe after pharma giant refers the deal for a full @EU_Competition review, a US filing shows.

$ATVI/ $MSFT: CAT agrees to consider expert reports; FTC to seek injunction, @bymichaelbow and @saniya_rao reported Monday. Read here: ctfn.news #technology #gaming #antitrust

This week in the Brussels Observer newsletter: Viasat wins unconditional clearance for Inmarsat deal; UBS rescue of Credit Suisse waved through by EU regulators; and more... Sign up here to receive the newsletter in your inbox: lnkd.in/eijaMFyZ #MnA #antitrust #news

CMA appeal appears set for expedited hearing before summer, @bymichaelbow reported Tuesday. Read here: ctfn.news #antitrust #videogaming $ATVI $MSFT

This week in the Brussels Observer newsletter: EU clears Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision takeover with remedies; NielsenIQ makes second attempt to win EU clearance for GfK deal; and more... Sign up here: news.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=76… #MnA #antitrust #news

TODAY on CTFN's Daily: Amid an effective US-UK moratorium on behavioral remedies, a top EU merger official today stressed that non-structural remedies at the European Commission were the exception not the norm, @bymichaelbow reports.

Thanks to all who attended the CTFN webinar today, here's the CMA's 2019 report on merger remedy evaluations mentioned assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

$ATVI/ $MSFT: Parties’ appeal to UK tribunal may yield no judgment until 2024, @bymichaelbow reports. Read here: ctfn.news #antitrust #CMA #videogaming

UBS today notified its takeover of Credit Suisse for a formal EU merger review in Brussels, according to a filing. The deadline is June 7.

NEW: Private equity giant Advent has pulled its EU request to combine market research rivals NielsenIQ and GfK at the 11th hour, according to a new filing. A decision was due from the merger regulator on the tie-up next week.

NEW: All EU in-depth merger reviews are now back up and running after the probe into Booking's €1.6bn takeover of eTraveli restarted following a four-month delay

TODAY on CTFN's Daily: Broadcom has won more time to address the European Commission’s concerns about its $61 billion takeover of VMware after the parties agreed a two-week extension to the review timetable, @bymichaelbow reports. Read here: ctfn.news $VMW $AVGO

$VMW/ $AVGO: EU gathers more ammunition for possible charge sheet, @bymichaelbow reports. Read here: ctfn.news #antitrust #software

CTFN View from Brussels: CMA chief dismisses tech regulation’s impact on behavioral remedy acceptance, @bymichaelbow reports. Read here: ctfn.news #BigTech #videogaming #news $ATVI $MSFT

Justice Marcus Smith was delivering the keynote address at the #InformaCompetitionLaw in London today (5/5)

CAT president says there is no scope to change the standard of review. "This reinvention of the wheel needs to stop (4/5)

Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) president Justice Marcus Smith at the #InformaCompetitionLaw: "The CAT is very busy, the workload has expanded and continues to expand" (1/5)