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Freshfields and Linklaters advise as competition issues threaten stock exchange merger

Freshfields and Linklaters advise as competition issues threaten stock exchange merger
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Legal Business
8 April 2016
Corporate and M&ACorporateLegal affairs

Börse/LSE tie-up raises regulatory concerns

As 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.

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