Private Equity and EU Merger Control – Select Issues

By Luca Crocco, Tomas Nilsson & Stella Sarma

Private equity plays an important role in all developed economies and has been a significant driver of the latest “merger waves.” This article gives a concise overview of two sets of recurring issues in the merger control practice of the European Commission involving private equity deals: jurisdictional issues – and in particular the different control scenarios over the portfolio companies and the target company – and substantive