Large tie-ups between publicly listed companies will be off the table in 2022, as a crackdown by the Biden administration makes securing regulatory sign-off for combinations increasingly difficult, senior dealmakers told the Reuters Next conference.
this year, as companies seek to reshape themselves as they emerge from the pandemic by using cheap debt and bumper stock prices to pursue transformative combinations.
, noting every deal "is getting very close scrutiny, and people are not going to do deals when there is any issue on the regulatory side." The Biden administration has expressed concern that unchecked dealmaking has contributed to a lack of vigor in key economic sectors and hurt consumer choice. A study into possible reforms of competition law is currently under way.
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