As part of the Energy Transition webinar series, McDermott partner Kevin Brophy will moderate a discussion on October 13 between partner Lesli Esposito and associate Matt Evola on new merger control developments made under the Biden administration.

During this 30-minute complimentary webinar, we will cover:

• Personnel Changes: Who the new Chairwoman at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), new Director of Bureau of Competition at the FTC and new Head of Antitrust at the US Department of Justice are

• Procedural Changes: The “termination” of early termination and the extension of the 30-day review period

• Policy Changes: US President Joe Biden’s executive order on antitrust, the FTC’s withdrawal from the vertical merger guidelines, a review of prior approved deals and the shift in approach to merger reviews by the FTC