Warning to anyone planning a big merger or acquisition this year: You may need to alert regulators in Zambia.
Or Uruguay. Or Malaysia. Or any number of other nations, for that matter. More and more nations around the world are adopting pre-merger notification laws, meaning that global companies planning large deals may need to file statements in those countries and win permission to proceed. Zambia is an extreme example; it wants to hear from certain merging companies that have no connection whatsoever to the small African nation—but Zambia is by no means alone.
