Topic
Merger Control
485 published works
Focus on Regulation
Hunting unicorns: German and Austrian Competition Authorities publish draft Guidance Note on Transaction Value Thresholds
By Falk Schoening, Christian Ritz, LL.M. (USYD)
Since 2017, new merger control thresholds have been in effect in Germany and Austria which do not depend on the revenues generated by the parties but, rather, on the value…
Antitrust Alert
Antitrust M&A Snapshot
By Jon B. Dubrow, Joel R. Grosberg, David Henry, McDermott Will & Emery
United States: January – March 2018 Update One year into the Trump administration, the US antitrust agencies are finally starting to implement their enforcement policies. Most notably, trial began in…
Competition Law
Towards a New Jurisprudence: Role of Innovation in Merger Control
* This piece was first published in the January 2018 issue of the Practical Lawyer (2018) PL (Comp. L) Jan 75 With the USD 130 billion merger between global agrochemical…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
UK Introduces New Thresholds for National Security Mergers
By Maurits Dolmans, Nicholas Levy, Romano Subiotto, Paul Gilbert, David R. Little
On March 15, 2018, the UK Government published new merger thresholds to allow greater intervention in transactions raising national security concerns. The new thresholds will apply to firms that develop…
China Law Vision
Merger Control Review 2017
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) adn Sun Sihui(sunsihui@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm Introduction The year 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of China's Anti-monopoly Law. The country's three antitrust enforcement…
Competition Law
The CCI Reinforces Trademarks are Assets
In a recently released order, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a token penalty of INR 5 lakhs (approx. USD 7800) on ITC Limited (ITC) for its failure…
Competition Law
Antitrust Approval in Minority Acquisitions – A Case of Several Ifs and Buts
* This piece was first published in the November 2017 issue of the Practical Lawyer [(2017) PL (Comp. L) November 86] Enforced in 2011, the Indian merger control regime envisages…
Antitrust Alert
Three Things To Know About French Merger Control
By Jacques Buhart, Lionel Lesur
Jurisdictional thresholds French merger control applies if the turnovers of the parties to a transaction (usually the acquirer(s) including its (their) group(s) of companies, and the target) exceeded, in the…
Latham.London
CMA Imposes Fixed Penalty on Hungryhouse for Failure to Comply With Information Request
By Jonathan Parker and Anuj Ghai Summary The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed a £20,000 fixed penalty on Hungryhouse Holdings Limited (Hungryhouse). The CMA imposed the penalty under Section…
Competition Law
India Bids Adieu to 30 Day Notification Regime
This piece was first published in the September 2017 issue of The Practical Lawyer [(2017) PL (Comp. L) September 82] The Indian merger control regime has evolved substantially over the…