1/5/2026 9:23:00 PM M&A Predictions and Guidance for 2026 By Ethan Klingsberg Here’s a quick overview of the new challenges and issues that I’m predicting the M&A eco-system will face in the coming year: Antitrust –...
11/7/2025 9:50:42 PM FAR Novation Rules: A Missed Opportunity for Reform – Freshfields Lawyer Featured in The Nash & Cibinic Report By Nathan Castellano Freshfields U.S. government contracts Counsel Nathaniel E. Castellano published an article on mergers and acquisitions involving...
8/29/2025 1:48:15 PM Structuring Non-competes in License and Collaboration Agreements By Jeff Jay As big pharmas and other commercial-stage biopharma and biotech companies grapple with the reality of patent cliffs on the horizon, which...
7/9/2025 9:39:42 PM An Update to Aiding and Abetting Liability: M&A Buyers (Should Still) Beware By Ethan Klingsberg Meredith Kotler Victor Ma About two years ago, we wrote a post about a series of high-profile M&A cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery that highlighted the...
5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM Takeaways from the 11th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...
5/15/2025 4:33:54 PM Navigating the Post-SB 21 World of Conflict Transactions: Court of Chancery Reminds Us of Availability of Dismissal on the Pleadings Even When Entire Fairness Applies By Ethan Klingsberg Meredith Kotler Victor Ma Delaware’s entire fairness doctrine – response to which in part drove the SB 21 amendments to Delaware corporate law enacted on March 25,...
2/24/2025 12:57:31 PM Trump Issues Investment Policy Directive: A Return to Open Investment Policy, Except for China By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Andrew Gabel Kate Applegate +3 more... Show less I. Summary On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a national security policy memorandum entitled America First Investment Policy...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
1/6/2025 2:08:46 PM M&A Predictions and Guidance for 2025 By Ethan Klingsberg 1. No private equity M&A boom in 2025, but…. Thousands of private equity portfolio companies are past their “sell by” dates and private...
6/27/2024 6:05:01 PM U.S. Outbound Investment Restrictions on the Horizon – What You Need to Know By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel +4 more... Show less On June 21, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement President Biden’s...
5/16/2024 4:30:42 PM Court Grants Relief to Private Equity in Anesthesiologists Litigation By Jan Rybnicek Meghan Rissmiller Jennifer Mellott Bruce McCulloch LB McCaskey +2 more... Show less On May 13, a federal court in Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) cannot seek an injunction against a private equity...
4/26/2024 1:11:08 PM FTC Stays on Trend in Challenge to Handbag Merger: FTC Continues to Advance New Theories from Its Merger Guidelines in Latest Suit By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Emily Strickland Gabriella Small +1 more... Show less On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) moved to block the $8.5 billion purchase of Capri Holdings, the parent company of brands...