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Merger Control
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Cleary Antitrust Watch
China’s Delegated Review of Certain Merger Control Filings
On July 15, 2022, China’s antitrust authority SAMR announced a three-year pilot program beginning August 1, 2022 to delegate the review of certain simplified-procedure merger filings that the agency currently…
China Law Vision
Key Changes to China’s Merger Control Regime in the New Era
By Hao Zhan, Ying Song, Yao Wu
After 14 years of enforcement of China's Anti-Monopoly Law (the "AML”) since 2008, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China has amended the AML after a two-year…
China Law Insight
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE MERGER FILING THRESHOLDS IN CHINA
By King & Wood
Authored by: Ning Xuanfeng (Susan) , Chai Zhifeng , Zhang Ruohan , Wu Weimin , Zhang Tianjie and Wang Ye China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) was enacted in 2008. After 14…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The French Competition Authority publishes its annual report for 2021: a record year in terms of number of merger control decisions
On July 6, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) published its annual report for the year 2021.[1] In particular, the report highlights (i) the key figures of the FCA activity in…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The Proposed Widening Scope of UK Merger Control
By Jackie Holland, Vanessa Marton, Gee Kim
The UK Government’s responses to its consultations on ‘Reforming competition and consumer policy’ (April 2022) and ‘A new pro-competitive regime for digital markets’ (May 2022) included three proposals to amend…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The ICA clears with conditions the notified acquisition of joint control over Press-Di by Artoni and SHR
In a decision published on June 13, 2022, the ICA cleared the acquisition of 51% of the share capital of Press-Di Distribuzione Stampa e Multimedia S.r.l. (“Press-Di” or the “Target”)…
Antitrust & Competition Blog
Gun Jumping Remains a Hot Topic – Beware!
By Charles Whiddington, Zanda Romata
Further to our blog piece at the beginning of this year, there have been additional developments at the EU and national levels in respect to gun-jumping in merger cases. In…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Skadden Discusses What Regulatory Focus on Consolidation May Mean for Private Equity Buyers
By Maria Raptis, Ann Beth Stebbins
Merger control authorities in many jurisdictions are taking a more aggressive and expansive approach when reviewing industry-consolidating transactions, and some are using the merger clearance process to advance policy objectives…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Davis Polk Discusses Robust Antitrust Agenda of DOJ and FTC
By Sheila R. Adams, D. Jarrett Arp, Arthur J. Burke, Christopher Lynch, Gregory S. Morrison
At a recent Enforcers Summit, leaders of various U.S. and international antitrust enforcement agencies set forth their enforcement priorities. The new heads of the U.S. antitrust agencies emphasized that the…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The French Competition Authority Fines Cofepp for Failure To Notify and Gun-jumping
On April 12, 2022, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) fined Compagnie Financière Européenne de Prises de Participation (“COFEPP”) 7 million euros for two distinct but related infringements, namely failing to…