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‘Well-Planned’ Deals Can Win Regulatory Approval, Lazard’s McMaster Says

Mark McMaster, Lazard’s global head of M&A, discusses the outlook for M&A activity in 2024 and says big deals can still get done despite antitrust scrutiny. He speaks with Sonali Basak on Bloomberg Television.Source: Bloomberg
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Major acquisitions can get through regulatory scrutiny if they are “well-planned,” with regulatory work done by companies involved in the deals ahead of time, said Mark McMaster, Lazard Inc.’s global head of mergers and acquisitions.

“Big deals still can get done,” McMaster said in a Bloomberg Television interview Tuesday. “They’ll face antitrust scrutiny, but as you know there have been a couple of cases that have given issuers and the transactors some confidence that they can get things done today.”