Three M&A Sectors Big Law Is Watching in Trump Transition

The new Trump administration is primed to usher in a more business-friendly approach to mergers and acquisitions, boosting a key practice area for many top law firms.

Andrew Ferguson, Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Trade Commission, has already said he plans to roll back Biden-era regulations and “stop Lina Khan’s war on mergers.” That’s welcome news for companies, but it doesn’t mean regulators are going to completely stop enforcing the law, said Philip Richter, co-head of the M&A practice at Fried Frank.

“The general view is that there will be traditional antitrust enforcement, like there has always been,” Richter ...