Insights: Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Salesforce/Informatica

Per the terms of the Merger Agreement (MA), the companies are set to file HSR by June 25, 2025. Recent clearances of several high-profile deals, as well as DOJ Deputy AG (DAAG) Bill Rinner’s remarks last week that competitively neutral deals should not be the subject of a “regulatory review tax” could bode well for Salesforce/Informatica’s...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aya Healthcare/Cross Country

We believe the companies may be in a position to certify compliance with the FTC’s second request (104 days and counting) as soon as next month. Given the December 3, 2025 terminate date under the Merger Agreement (MA), the companies should be highly sensitive to the duration of this investigation, and if they do not believe any enforcement...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Dick’s/Foot Locker

Per the terms of the Merger Agreement (MA), the companies are set to file HSR by June 24, 2025.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Herc/H&E Equipment

The HSR waiting period for this transaction is set to expire on May 14, 2025. The companies had previously pulled their HSR filing on April 11, 2025 and refiled it with the FTC on April 14, 2025.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our research on HPE/Juniper continues to suggest the DOJ is likely to prevail in litigation. Industry participants (who are not involved in the deal) believe the DOJ’s “enterprise-grade WLAN solutions” market definition is valid and that the merger combines two of only three significant players in the large enterprise (e.g., Fortune 1000) segment...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Schlumberger/ChampionX

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on April 10 that it had provisionally found the companies' proposed undertakings could address its antitrust concerns. The CMA confirmed they have 40 working days to consider undertakings in more detail, including seeking third-party feedback. We should note that the CMA can extend its...