AMID Regulatory Headaches for M&A – Understanding the Current Enforcement Landscape is Key to Getting Deals Done

Mergers and acquisitions are facing dual changing regulatory landscapes with respect to antitrust review and enforcement, and foreign investment into U.S. businesses under CFIUS.  Both sets of changes represent aggressive tightening, make is more challenging to gain approval, and add costs and time to deals that ultimately do win clearance. New theories of harm being advanced under both regulatory regimes means having to evaluate new risks, and procedural changes under both regimes mea