'Risk and compliance' podcast series
Essential Antitrust #6: COVID-19 and M&A – merger control during the pandemic
The economic hardship caused by COVID-19 has resulted in an increase in firms in financial distress looking for a path forward through M&A.
Jenn Mellott speaks with partners Alastair Chapman, Mary Lehner and Tone Oeyen to discuss how enforcement agencies view distressed firm transactions, how the agencies have responded to the unique financial conditions caused by the pandemic and what policies have been introduced to prevent hostile foreign takeovers of critical assets and technologies.
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Meet the team
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Jenn Mellott Office Managing Partner, Washington DC
Washington, DC, Brüssel
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Alastair Chapman Partner and Head of global antitrust, competition and trade group
London, Dublin
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Mary Lehner Partner
Washington, DC
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Tone Oeyen Partner
Brüssel