Tag: Mergers
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 Danger of No Antitrust Enforcement: How a Merger Led to...
Matt Stoller (ProMarket)
The New York Times had an important story about the ventilator market a few days ago, with Nicholas Kulish, Sarah Kliff, and Jessica Silver-Greenberg reporting...
US: Elizabeth Warren takes aim at bank mergers
Senator Elizabeth Warren plans to introduce a bill in coming weeks that would intensify the scrutiny of bank mergers, a signal less of legislative...
EU: ECB head advocates bank consolidation
European Central Bank Supervisor Andrea Enria said that the banking system in Europe is operating with excess capacity, and that there should be some...
Region: IBA comments on “delays”, problems and evolution of mergers
The annual conference of the International Bar Association, held in Santiago, Chile last weekend, welcomed more than 900 lawyers and practitioners to the conference...
Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018
By Andrea Amelio, Gabor Koltay, Penelope Papandropoulos & Hans Zenger (European Union), Thomas Buettner, Cyril Hariton (Toulouse Business...
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Antitrust Record
Posted by Arnold & Porter
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Antitrust Record
By Sarah Licht, John A. Rackson, Arnold & Porter
On July 9, 2018, President Trump announced the...
US: Sony hires pro to lead mergers & acquisitions
Sony Pictures Entertainment has brought on Erik Moreno to serve as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions. Moreno, who joins the...
T-Mobile and Sprint: How Fewer Competitors Could Increase Competition
Posted by The New York Times
T-Mobile and Sprint: How Fewer Competitors Could Increase Competition
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
There has been no shortage of opinions about the...
New merger control guidelines for transaction value thresholds in Austria and...
July 2018
CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents:
New merger control guidelines for transaction value thresholds in Austria and...