Tag: Merger Enforcement
Shifting the Burden in Acquisitions of Nascent and Potential Competitors: Not...
By Jay Ezrielev (Elevecon)*
I. Introduction
There is a heated debate in antitrust today about what lawmakers, courts, and enforcers should do about mergers between potential...
China Signals VIE No Longer an Obstacle in Merger Filing
By Frank Jiang, Scott Yu & John Jiang (Zhong Lun)1
I. Introduction
This July, the Chinese antitrust authority (State Administration for Market Regulation, “SAMR”) unconditionally cleared...
Not All Pre-Emptive Mergers Are Alike: A Classification of Recent Cases
We present a typology of cases involving mergers that could be viewed as eliminating future competition, motivated by recent debates in the antitrust literature...
Requests for Information in Merger Cases: Regulatory Overreach?
In addition to a long and extensive Form CO, the European Commission collects further information and data via requests for information. Focusing on the...
A Re-awakening of the Failing Firm Defense in the EU in...
By Dr. Assimakis Komninos, Jan Jeram & Iakovos Sarmas (White & Case LLP)1
Introduction – The Broader Challenges of Merger Control
The ongoing COVID-19 global crisis...
ICN Merger Workshop 2020 – Melbourne
By Alexander Baker (Fingleton)1
Are laws and competition authorities getting the balance right in merger control? Is there too much overenforcement (false positives) or too...
Bank Mergers And Systemic Risk
By Zsolt Macskasi -
In this article, the author begins with a brief description of the regulatory environment and the recent history of bank mergers in...
Healthcare Merger Antitrust Review: Increased Scrutiny for Any Provider Merger
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David Balto, James Kovacs, Jul 24, 2015
For nearly the last decade, there has...
Merger Review in China and South East Asia: Does It Smell...
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K K Sharma, Oct 29, 2014
There was a considerable excitement when two of...
Early Signs of Protectionist Merger Control in Korea? Probably No, At...
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Cecil Saehoon Chung, Kyoung Yeon Kim, Kyu Hyun Kim, Oct 29, 2014
In March...
