Peter Chapman

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Peter Chapman |Tiago Ramos Alfaro

UniCredit SpA’s planned bid for Banco BPM SpA won conditional approval from the European Union as UniCredit continues to challenge efforts from the Italian government to place stringent guardrails on the deal. The European Commission said in a statement on Thursday that UniCredit’s offer to offload “209 physical branches located in problematic overlap local areas across Italy” would allay any competition concerns about the tie-up.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Peter Chapman |Tiago Ramos Alfaro

UniCredit SpA’s planned bid for Banco BPM SpA won conditional approval from the European Union as the firms continue to challenge efforts from the Italian government to place stringent guardrails on the deal. The European Commission said in a statement on Thursday that UniCredit’s offer to offload “209 physical branches located in problematic overlap local areas across Italy” would allay any competition concerns about the tie-up.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Peter Chapman |Upmanyu Trivedi

Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog of its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’ll asses whether the deal could result in “substantial lessening of competition” in the relevant UK markets. The initial review of the deal is unlikely to result in a deeper antitrust probe, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Peter Chapman |Samuel Stolton

has pulled its request to get antitrust approval to buy German energy metering company in a deal worth about €6.7 billion.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Peter Chapman |Samuel Stolton

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