Lawyers
Corporate partner Krishna Veeraraghavan spoke with Bloomberg about a potential uptick in M&A activity in the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s courtroom loss in its bid to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In “Microsoft-Activision Antitrust Win Raises M&A Revival Hopes,” published on July 21, Krishna noted that the court’s decision declining to enjoin the Microsoft-Activision merger could remove obstacles to dealmaking. “I’m expecting this will give people more certainty in evaluating deals,” Krishna says, “and when you have certainty, it makes it easier for deals to happen.”
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