Our economists advised ChemChina on its acquisition of Syngenta, a Swiss pesticides and seeds group. The European Commission (EC) approved the acquisition subject to the divestiture of parts of ChemChina’s European pesticide and plant growth regulator business. In the US, the Federal Trade Commission cleared the transaction with minor divestitures of pesticide products.
Breaking up mergers after the fact: Opportunities and problems
Antitrust authorities in both the United States and Europe have recently shown an increased interest in reviewing past mergers with the objective of possibly...