FTC Gears Up For Busy 2024 Merger Summer & Fall

FTC Gears Up For Busy 2024 Merger Summer & Fall

July 5, 2024, Law360

Anne Lee’s commentary was included in a Law360 article looking ahead to how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to handle coming merger enforcement actions.

Anne comments on antitrust enforcer efforts to confront private equity acquisition, especially alleged roll-up strategies used to scoop up whole sectors one deal at a time. As stated in the piece, antitrust enforcer scrutiny into private equity is showing no signs of slowing down

"This interest in serial acquisitions, it's reflecting that skepticism of certain configurations of transactions where one of the parties has significant market share and is acquiring smaller market players," she said.

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