Merger Control

  • Novelis on its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Aleris Corporation, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Cargotec on its €87 million acquisition of the marine and offshore business from TTS Group, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Boeing on its US$4.75 billion acquisition of the commercial jet business division of Embraer.
  • Rockwell Collins on its US$30 billion acquisition of United Technologies Corporation, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Linde Group on its €66 billion merger with Praxair, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox, Inc. on Disney’s US$71.3 billion acquisition of Fox.
  • DuPont on its US$130 billion merger with the Dow Chemical Company, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company on its US$24 billion merger with C.R. Bard, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Broadcom on its proposed US$117 billion acquisition of Qualcomm.
  • AB InBev on the Chinese merger control aspects of its acquisition of SAB Miller for US$104 billion, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Jude Medical on its US$25 billion merger with Abbott Laboratories, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority..
  • Baosteel on its merger with Wuhan Steel, creating one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world.
  • Konecranes on its US$6.1 billion acquisition of Terex Corporation.
  • Nokia on its €15.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, which was conditionally approved by the Chinese competition authority.
  • Canon on its US$6 billion acquisition of Toshiba Medical.
  • Schlumberger and Cameron on Schlumberger’s US$14.8 billion acquisition of Cameron.
  • Albemarle on its US$2 billion acquisition of Rockwood.
  • Merck on its US$17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich.
  • EMC on its US$67 billion merger with Dell.