[turmacar]

What M&A are you familiar with that they can typically happen in a 6 day timeframe?

I know this is already a stressed straw man in the first place but M&A are aren't a short simple process anyway. Adding some oversight isn't going to change that.

Yes there are tradeoffs to more regulation vs total anarchy/free market. That doesn't mean they're not worth it. "Good" is not the enemy of "perfect" and all.

[akiselev]

> What M&A are you familiar with that they can typically happen in a 6 day timeframe?

Youtube, for one: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/30/the-entire-1-65b-acquisiti...

Android as well, if I'm remembering correctly.

They don't necessarily need to complete the acquisition in a week, just get the broad details negotiated and agreed to. Given the GP's bankruptcy example, if they thought it was worth the risk the acquirer can extend a bare minimum amount of credit to keep the company alive while they do the rest of due diligence and finish the acquisition, folding it into a breakup fee.

[freddie_mercury]

> What M&A are you familiar with that they can typically happen in a 6 day timeframe?

Virtually every single bank failure that happens results in an M&A that is negotiated over a weekend.

Most recently Credit Suisse collapsed in March. UBS bought it on Monday, March 19, after negotiations began on Friday, March 16. UBS offered a price that was 60% lower than the Friday closing price. The deal was accepted.

[alex028502]

Interestingly in this case an "approval" similar to the one we are talking about did happen over that weekend didn't it? I think the approvers brokered the deal.

[abenga]

Regulators were concerned about a collapse causing contagion that results in a financial crisis. Would they care to do that for a little startup with a few dozen employees?

[pclmulqdq]

An M&A negotiation can take a matter of hours, in theory. Only for public/very big companies does it get weird.