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US DOJ rarely approves private-equity buyers, but there may be exceptions, senior official says

By Flavia Fortes
  • 24 Mar 2021 13:40
  • 24 Mar 2021 13:40
The US Department of Justice rarely approves private-equity firms as buyers for assets to be divested when addressing concerns with an anticompetitive acquisition, a senior official said.
“We’ve rarely approved private-equity buyers, [but] that said, there may be unique circumstances were a private-equity buyer is the best fit,” Kathleen O’Neill, senior

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Flavia Fortes

Global Head of Mergers


Flavia writes about merger control, antitrust enforcement and litigation in the U.S. and Brazil. Before joining MLex, Flavia worked as an Antitrust Consultant in the Federal Trade Commission's Office of International Affairs and as a Research Fellow for the American Antitrust Institute. She has written on the intersection of antitrust law and intellectual property law in technology-driven and innovative markets.

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