Japanese insurer Dai-ichi Life Insurance has reportedly reached a deal with US-based Protective Life to merge in a $5.7 billion agreement.
According to reports, the transaction marks the largest buyout of a foreign company by a Japanese insurance firm in history; the deal is set to create the world’s thirteenth-largest insurer, …read more
The EU’s second-highest court heard arguments over the European Commission’s decision to block Deutsche Boerse’s attempted merger with NYSE Euronext, reports say.
While Deutsche Boerse may not necessarily be looking to resurrect the failed stock exchange merger, blocked by the Commission in 2012, reports say Deutsche Boerse is fighting the …read more
Mayer Brown’s Antitrust and Competition partner now leads the firm’s Brussels office as partner-in-charge, according to reports.
Mayer Brown announced Jens Peter Schmidt has been appointed to the new position, which took effect June 1. Reports say Schmidt takes the place of Kiran Desai, who held the position for nearly two …read more
The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced Wednesday it is seeking public comment regarding current consent decrees with the top licensing organizations, rules that are decades old and ones that the organizations say need to be overhauled.
Broadcast Music, Inc. and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers have …read more