Slack Acquisitions: When Startup Innovation Gets Lost After the Deal

By Marco Corradi June 29, 2026 by renholding

Debates over Big Tech M&A often focus on “killer acquisitions,” where a dominant firm buys a startup in order to eliminate a future rival. A more subtle and, in some ways, more difficult problem is that innovation can lose momentum …

Paul Weiss Discusses Ruling on Limits of European Commission’s Power to Review Deals

By Nicole Kar, Rich Pepper, William Feerick, Andrea Wei Ling Chong and Timothy Noelanders September 10, 2024 by renholding

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has upheld an appeal against the European Commission’s ability to accept referrals under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) from national competition authorities who are not competent to …

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Slack Acquisitions: When Startup Innovation Gets Lost After the Deal

Paul Weiss Discusses Ruling on Limits of European Commission’s Power to Review Deals