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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ionanalytics.com | Serafina Smith |Carlos Martinez |Izaz Ansari
Data Insight Oil majors could pare portfoliosActivity to expand beyond Permian BasinTrump’s FTC likely to ease energy regulationLast year’s gusher of mega-deals by oil and gas majors, including Diamondback’s [NASDAQ:FANG] USD 28.1bn acquisition of Endeavor Energy Resources, could prompt a slew of divestitures, industry experts told Mergermarket. The midstream and oilfield services sectors will also continue to consolidate.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Mark Andress |Serafina Smith |Izaz Ansari
Data Insight Amid a rebound in M&A activity targeting oil and gas pipeline and storage operators, cash-rich corporates are expected to continue filling in the void left by private equity firms, according to market participants. Over the last five years, strategics have been playing an increasingly dominant role in North American midstream M&A, while financial-sponsor participation has declined.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ionanalytics.com | Serafina Smith |Carlos Martinez
News (Intelligence) The future of antitrust enforcement during Donald Trump’s second term is uncertain, but a focus on healthcare mergers — and possibly other areas where consumers face high prices — is expected to continue, panelists at the Concurrences Global Antitrust Economics Conference at New York University this week said.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
ionanalytics.com | Serafina Smith |Kevin Ketcham |Carlos Martinez
News (Intelligence) Tailwater Capital began looking at options for portfolio company Tall Oak Midstream III (Tall Oak) about eighteen months ago, including a potential exit strategy for 2024. “The business has performed well over the last couple of years” said Stephen Lipscomb, a partner at the Dallas-based sponsor.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
ionanalytics.com | Lucinda Guthrie |Serafina Smith |Carlos Martinez
Could be broadened to capture more sensitive technologies AI mandate broad and needs further definition, lawyer says Impact on overseas companies and GPs requires increased due diligence Office in place inside the US Treasury Department, could be swiftly enforced Dealmakers are already gearing up for a proposed new rule that will require them to notify the US government about outbound investment into sensitive sectors in China and which may restrict M&A if there is a US individual involved in...
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
ionanalytics.com | Carlos Martinez |Serafina Smith |Izaz Ansari
Oil and gas accounts for 51.6% of total deal volumeSponsors to become active players after quiet 1H24A rush to secure prime shale acreage in the US pushed M&A deal volume in North America’s natural resources sector to USD 204.8bn in 1H24 – 66% higher than the first half of 2023, according to Mergermarket data. The surge is expected to continue with private equity and renewable-energy assets playing key roles.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
mlexmarketinsight.com | Serafina Smith
Serafina Smith covers mergers and acquisitions for MLex from New York. Before becoming a journalist, Serafina was a paralegal supporting the United States Department of Justice, where she worked on foreign bribery and money laundering cases. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Georgetown University.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
mlexmarketinsight.com | Alex Wilts |Serafina Smith
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Washington's Kroger-Albertsons probe supported challenging deal in state court, official says
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Published 11 Apr 2024 18:23
Modified 11 Apr 2024 18:23
The state of Washington's probe of the Kroger-Albertsons deal revealed potential impacts in the state that warranted challenging the transaction in state court, a senior state antitrust official said today.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
mlexmarketinsight.com | Serafina Smith
Synopsys and Ansys received a request for additional information on their proposed merger from the US Federal Trade Commission on April 1, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.MLex reported in March that a second request was likely, as a large team at the FTC was al
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
mlexmarketinsight.com | Serafina Smith
Home / News / Mergers & Acquisitions / Liability findings important in challenges to consummated mergers even when divestiture is difficult, senior US FTC official says Mergers & Acquisitions Published 11 Apr 2024 22:41 Modified 12 Apr 2024 00:48 Ad-tech Antitrust abuses of data Data Privacy Killer acquisitions Section 2 Sherman Act In challenges to consummated mergers, it's important to separate the question of liability from the potential difficulty of finding an effective remedy, a senior...
