Tag: Merger Control
Reshaping the Contours of Combination Threshold through the 2020 Draft Competition...
By Dhanendra Kumar & Anish Gupta1
I. Background
The Competition Act, 2002 replaced the toothless Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (“MRTP”) in 2002, as...
Market Concentration in Europe: Evidence from Antitrust Markets
By Pauline Affeldt & Tomaso Duso (German Institute for Economic Research), Klaus Gugler (Vienna University), Joanna Piechucka (Paris School of Economics)
An increasing body of...
How Merger Control Impedes an Efficient Market for Corporate Control
By: Gishan Dissanaike, Wolfgang Drobetz & Paul P Momtaz (Oxford Business Law Blog)
Recent deliberations among antitrust enforcers about the pros and cons of breaking...
EU M&A Regulation is Getting Tougher – What You Need to...
By: (Bryan Cave)
The COVID-19 pandemic has made 2020 a difficult year for many companies looking to do deals. Competition agencies and other government regulators...
Nigeria’s Foreign-to-Foreign Merger Control Regime
By: Michael-James Currie & Camilla Johnson (African Antitrust)
Antitrust enforcement is on the rise across Africa. Many jurisdictions are developing competition authorities and endorsing legislation with...
Shall We Play in the Forest (While the Wolf is not...
By Pablo Trevisán (Estudio Trevisan)1
I. Introduction
Airports closed and turned into airplane graveyards overnight; travel restrictions; massive cancellation of flights; sporting events and shows were...
Open Market Purchases – India Plans to Dilute Standstill Obligation
By Anisha Chand & Anmol Awasthi (Khaitan & Co)1
Introduction
Consider that a company (say, A) is proposing to acquire 49 percent equity shares of another...
The Failing Firm Defense in Times of (the COVID-19) Crisis: Is...
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has affected all areas of economic activity and competition law was not spared. Regulators around the world had to deal...
French Watchdog Publishes New Guidelines Regarding Merger Control
The Autorité today publishes its new merger control guidelines. They come into force today and replace the previous guidelines dated 4 July 2013. This publication, which...
Antitrust Developments in Argentina
By Julián Peña & Federico Rossi (Allende & Brea)1
Antitrust enforcement in Argentina has been going through changes in recent times and has continued to...
