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Veolia-Suez deal needs approval from numerous global antitrust authorities, including UK, China, Brazil

By Flavia Fortes and Natalie McNelis
  • 12 Mar 2021 14:49
  • 04 Jun 2021 09:36
Veolia’s hostile bid for rival French water and waste-management company Suez needs antitrust approval from what may be dozens of authorities around the world, including the EU, UK, US, China and Brazil, MLex has learned.
Other countries include Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, India, Morocco, Taiwan and South Korea, it's understood.

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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.

Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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