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Merger Control
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Bright Law Blog
ACCC guidance on transition to the new merger control regime
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published guidance on transitional arrangements to the new merger control regime. Background. A new mandatory process for notifying ACCC of acquisitions that…
Life Sciences Perspectives
Boston Forum: Merger Control & Competition in Life Sciences
Arman Oruc, Andy Lacy, Sarah Jordan, and Stephen Mavroghenis are excited to invite you to join Goodwin for an in-person, engaging discussion on antitrust in life sciences transactions, navigating global merger control investigations…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
German Court Confirms Narrow Scope of Transaction Value Threshold in Merger Control
By Julian Alexander Sanner, Lars-Peter Rudolf, Lea Katharina Geiger, Parsa Tonkaboni
On February 26, 2025 the Düsseldorf Court of Appeal ("DCA") dismissed a broad application of Germany's transaction value threshold.[1] The threshold introduced in 2017 is a "safety net" for exceptional…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Gibson Dunn Discusses Record Gun Jumping Penalty Secured by FTC
By Kristen Limarzi, Andrew Cline, Ryan Foley, Tristan Locke, Graham Valenta
On January 7, 2025, the U.S. FTC announced a settlement with three crude oil producers for violations of the gun jumping provisions of the HSR Act. XCL Resources Holdings, LLC…
Federal Regulatory & Enforcement Insider
FTC Secures Record Gun-Jumping Penalty in a Case with Several Lessons for Merging Parties
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a record consent penalty of $5.6 million against two merging parties on January 7, 2025 for improper pre-merger coordination, marking the agency’s first gun-jumping…
China Law Insight
“剩余管辖权”制度的扩张与限缩——以欧盟首例未达申报标准禁止集中案审理结果为视角（上篇）
By King & Wood
作者：宁宣凤 柴志峰 张天杰 马骁 近年来，鉴于“扼杀式”收购频发所导致的创新受阻、竞争受限等问题，针对未达申报标准交易的经营者集中审查在全球诸多司法辖区都表现活跃，这一被经济合作与发展组织称为“剩余管辖权”（residual jurisdiction）的制度似乎正在全面扩张。我国于2022年修正《反垄断法》时正式纳入未达申报标准集中的申报与调查规则，又在去年9月发布了首例未达申报标准自愿申报被附条件批准的经营者集中案。今年以来，国家市场监督管理总局（“市场监管总局”）首次对2起未达申报标准但可能具有排除、限制竞争效果的交易要求当事人申报，其中1起当事方放弃交易。日本公平交易委员会公布的执法数据也显示，自2019年至2023年间，相关企业主动商谈以及执法机构主动审查的未达申报标准的案件数量不断上升，五年间累计超过50多起。美国执法机构同样也在持续调查未达申报标准的交易，有数据显示早在2009年至2013年间就针对73起未达申报标准交易发起初步问询，今年7月19日，美国针对私募股权基金领域并无申报义务的“系列性收购”的竞争影响征求公众意见。 阅读更多
Cleary Antitrust Watch
How Are Competition Laws Heating Up in the Middle East? An Insider’s Guide to the Recent Surge in Legislation and Enforcement
By Isabel Rooms, Chris Macbeth, Daniela Weerasinghe
Main Developments in Competition Law and Merger Control 2018-2024: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia (the KSA), Syria, United Arab Emirates (the UAE), and…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
FCO Finds That Microsoft’s Hiring of Key Inflection Employees and Licensing of Inflection Technology Constitutes a Reportable Concentration, but Declines Jurisdiction Due to Lack of Sufficient Local Nexus
On November 29, 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) concluded that Microsoft’s hiring of nearly all of Inflection AI, Inc.’s (“Inflection”) employees together with agreements on financing and the use of…
Allens Insights
(WIP) In Touch: Merging into a new era and more in competition law
By Allens
The latest in competition and consumer law 11 min read Australia passes merger reform legislation On 28 November 2024, the Treasury Laws Amendments (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 (the…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Paris Court of Appeals clarifies the scope of its referral of the TDF/Itas merger back to the FCA
By Anita Magraner Oliver, Thomas Verheyden, Pauline Heingle, Kimia Vaye
On December 5, 2024,[1] the Paris Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) clarified the scope of its judgment of June 27, 2024, referring back the assessment of TDF’s acquisition of…