Tag: Merger Control
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...
A Discussion of VIE-structured Companies from a Merger Review Perspective
By Wei Huang & Chang Gao (Tian Yuan Law Firm)1
Recently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued special orders to big tech companies to...
The No Kill Zone: The Other Side of Pharma Acquisitions
In recent years there have been calls for increased scrutiny and enforcement of acquisitions by incumbent pharmaceutical firms of potentially competitive pipeline products. A...
The Jury Is Out: An Assessment of Proposed Reforms to Australia’s...
Recently, competition authorities globally have been advocating for law reform to enhance their enforcement powers in relation to so called "killer acquisitions." In July...
Assessing “Killer Acquisitions”: An Assets and Capabilities-Based View of the Start-Up
Killer acquisitions have come under the eye of the antitrust community. However, the issue has not always been discussed in a systematic way and...
The Ecuadorian Agency Announces a Fast-Track Merger Proceeding
By Mario Navarrete Serrano (Pérez Bustamante & Ponce)1
On April 20, 2020, the Ecuadorian competition agency (Superintendencia de Control del Poder de Mercado – SCPM)...
Some Unresolved Aspects of the Australian Competition Approach to COVID-19
By John Kettle (McCullough Robertson Lawyers)1
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”), like every other competition authority around the world, finds itself in uncharted...
CPI Talks… with Representative Ro Khanna
In this edition of CPI Talks we have the pleasure of speaking with U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, of California’s 17th Congressional District.
Thank you, Representative...
