Uncertainty in the Bottom Line: New Antitrust Scrutiny and Enforcement in Private Equity Transactions

Arindam Kar, Matthew Hans and Mitchell Raup discuss the challenges faced by private equity transactions due to the Administration's concerns about roll-up acquisitions, the FTC's efforts to build a legal framework to address these acquisitions, proposed modifications to the premerger notification process and key provisions of the new Merger Guidelines that target private equity firms and transactions.