It’s Public Episode 2 - Merge Ahead: How will new ACCC merger rules and FIRB approvals work together?

In this second episode of the It's Public podcast, Antonella Pacitti, Jennifer Barron and Lizzie Knight discuss Australia's new mandatory merger notification regime, unpacking how the ACCC's major changes to competition approvals will impact dealmaking.

Conversation focuses on:

• implications for cross-border deals which also require Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval. 
• the increased regulatory risk and compliance challenges for deal completion, including how compatible Australia's markets are with "Hell or High Water" clauses requiring bidders to accept any regulatory conditions imposed
• impacts for deal valuation in volatile markets 
• the rise in national security-driven regulatory decision-making, especially in critical minerals.