Soaring demand in high-growth industries is causing a steady flow of PE investment into the sector

New challenges may lie ahead for the pharmaceutical industry

SMRs are gaining the attention of governments and power providers across the world because of the optionality they offer. But the champions of the SMR will have to work hard to ensure its potential can be fully unlocked.

The number of distressed and liquidation-related M&A deals, especially in the US and UK, has increased year on year as businesses struggle to adapt to their post-pandemic reality.

Tightening liability spreads and the backlog from 2020 have seen European collateralized loan obligations resetting and refinancing at historic levels in 2021

Management fee credit facilities have become increasingly popular among private equity firms during the pandemic as a tool to manage cash flow volatility

Emerging technologies attract increasing interest from dealmakers, buoyed by strong economic fundamentals and healthy macroeconomics

There have been a number of developments in merger control in 2020 and Q1 2021. Some are related to the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others are borne out of the ambitions and changes sought by individual competition authorities or unexpected jurisprudence

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the ensuing lockdown measures—along with some landmark judgments— have led the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition to reflect on its approach to merger control notifications and reviews

US antitrust agencies were active in merger enforcement in 2019 and 2020, reflecting the agencies’ commitment to antitrust enforcement particularly in transactions involving nascent competitors and technologies

There have been several interesting developments in merger control in the UK over the past year, including the official separation of the UK from the EU merger control regime and the proposal of a new national security regime that will see notification for certain transactions become mandatory in

The Slovak Antimonopoly Office (the "AMO") continues to be particularly diligent in its review of mergers in markets with a possible impact on consumers and has increased its focus on the ownership of data and the competitive advantage that may accrue from gaining access to or the merging of sign

Protection of the public interest remains a priority for the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), and since merger control is directly interconnected with control of foreign investments, including into "strategic" sectors, strengthening control in this sphere inevitably affects the merger con

The most important development at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is its increased focus on procedural infringements, a trend that has also been visible in other jurisdictions and the EU

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has been active in merger enforcement in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and digital, data and technology markets continue to be key areas of focus