Basak Arslan

Synopsys in its pending $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.

IBM in its €2.1 billion acquisition of Software AG’s webMethods and StreamSets business.

Vale in Manara Minerals’ $2.5 billion minority investment in Vale’s Energy Transition Metals Business.

Sony in Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

OpenText in its $6 billion acquisition of Micro Focus International.

NVIDIA in merger proceedings before the EC in its then-proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm.

Alstom before the EC and other antitrust agencies in its terminated €15 billion combination with Siemens’ Mobility business and its successful acquisition of Bombardier Transport.

NVIDIA in merger proceedings before the EC leading to the unconditional authorization of its $6.8 billion acquisition of Mellanox.

Google in the Turkish Competition Authority’s Shopping and Adwords investigations.

Essilor in its €48 billion acquisition of Luxottica.

General Motors Co. (GM) in the sale of its Opel/Vauxhall subsidiary and GM Financials’ European operations to PSA Group, in a transaction valuing these activities at €1.3 billion and €0.9 billion, respectively.

Citigroup in several European and national investigations and litigations, including the EC’s investigations of alleged conduct relating to Spot FX trading.

NSK in defense against a follow-on damages claim in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal by Peugeot relating to the EC’s bearings decision.