Law firms Freshfields and Linklaters advise as competition issues threaten stock exchange merger Legal Business · 8 April 2016 · 2 min read Corporate and M&A Corporate Legal affairs Freshfields Linklaters Börse/LSE tie-up raises regulatory concernsAs Europe’s two largest financial market operators, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse, begin their third attempt at a tie-up, concerns have been raised over antitrust issues.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryFreshfields and Hengeler take European SpaceX mandates as US IPO taps EU retail investors for first timeLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 Jun 2026DLA, Bird & Bird and Links lawyers lead the way in new Green Ambassadors cohortGreen AmbassadorsBen Wheway10 Jun 2026Five firms ordered in for Uber’s €10bn Delivery Hero bidLaw firmsKate Peacock2 Jun 2026Slaughters and Ropes among line-up on GSK’s $10.6bn US cancer drug firm acquisitionLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves11 Jun 2026Weil and Darrois among firms dialled in for €20bn French telecoms carve-upLaw firmsEliza Winter9 Jun 2026Buy-and-build, PE and AI: what’s shaping mid-market M&A in 2026?EventsKate Peacock8 Jun 2026Dealwatch: Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn lead on $5bn data centre investment while US trio orchestrate $27bn energy dealLaw firmsTom Cox27 Jan 2025‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Cleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in LondonLaw firmsElisha Juttla19 Dec 2024