UK Merger Review in Retreat: Lawyers Declare ‘Open Season’ as They Tell Companies to Skip Notifying Deals

Published on Oct 02, 2025

Deal advisors in the UK are starting to see a window of opportunity for completing more complicated global mergers without intervention from the antitrust agency, as the Competition and Markets Authority sticks to the government’s economic growth agenda. Some lawyers view the CMA’s current approach to enforcement as a “new era” and an “open season” […]

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