Posted by Lexology Jumping the gun under the merger control regime in India By Ajay Goel and Subodh Prasad Deo (Saikrishna & Associates) Merger control regime in India provides for a suspensory regime wherein the ‘combinations’ (i.e. the notifiable transactions under the provisions of Section 5 of the Act) cannot be implemented unless approved by the […]
Germany and Austria have finalized new guidelines clarifying the application of purchase price merger control thresholds a month after closing a public consultation on the proposed guidance. The transposition of the EU Damages Directive encouraged a number of countries across Europe to update their competition laws more broadly, amid concerns that the existing rules do […]
July 2018 Guidelines on Merger Remedies in Brazil – Paulo Burnier da Silveira1 (CADE) Click here for a PDF version of the article The Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE) has issued several guidelines in the past few years as an effort to promote competition enforcement in Brazil. The recent examples concern Compliance Programs, Leniency Agreements, […]
Szecskay Attorneys at Law says it has further strengthened its EU Competition Law practice with the arrival of Sam MacMahon Baldwin at the law firm in June 2018. Baldwin is originally a British national and has practiced as an attorney (Advokat) for eight years in Copenhagen, Denmark, with top-tier law firm Gorrissen Federspiel, according to […]
Hazel Yin recently joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner in the firm’s Asia antitrust, competition and trade practice. Yin is based in Beijing, serving as co-head of the firm’s competition practice in mainland China. She has experience in advising multinational and Chinese clients on inbound and outbound merger control, regulatory investigations and antitrust risk […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Hazel Yin as the co-head of its China competition practice in Beijing from King & Wood Mallesons, where she was a partner in the antitrust department. Yin advises multinational and Chinese clients on inbound and outbound merger control, regulatory investigations and antitrust risk and compliance, and is experienced in dealing […]
December 2017 CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents: Merger control and the public interest: European spotlight on foreign direct investment and national security By Kyriakos Fountoukakos & Molly Herron (Herbert Smith Freehills LLP)[1] Click here for a PDF version of the article Introduction Against a backdrop of increasingly protectionist […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network EU Merger Policy after the 2004 Reform: More Economic Approach, Fewer Challenges By Federico Mini Abstract: I conduct an empirical analysis of European Commission’s decisions on horizontal mergers before and after the 2004 reform, which introduced a “more economic approach” to merger control. The new approach did not […]
Two of southwestern Japan’s regional banks will probably delay their merger since they have failed to address antitrust regulators’ concerns. An official announcement is expected from Fukuoka Financial Group and Eighteenth Bank as early as next week after they finalize the details. The banks are abandoning a clear timetable because they now realize a long […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network Competition law and policy after Brexit By Niamh Dunne (London School of Economics & Political Science) Abstract: Competition law and policy is an area where the EU legal framework has had a particularly significant impact on the evolution of UK law. The EU rules have functioned as both […]