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Australian Government Proposes Monetary and Market Share Thresholds for Mandatory Merger Clearance Regime

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The Australian Government (the Government) opened consultation on Australia’s proposed merger notification thresholds. The Consultation Paper proposes a notification regime that consists of four different thresholds—two based...more

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Faster, Stronger, and Simpler? Australia’s New Merger Control Regime

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On 10 April 2024, Australia’s Federal Government announced far-reaching reforms to its merger control regime, most notably the introduction of a new single, mandatory and suspensory, merger control system. The reform package...more

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Government Announces Australia to Have a Mandatory and Suspensory Merger Control Regime

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In a move that has long been advocated for by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government has announced sweeping reforms to Australia's competition law merger control regime....more

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FTC and DOJ Propose Major Overhaul of Merger Guidelines

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On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) issued revised Merger Guidelines (Proposed Guidelines) that if adopted would lead to...more

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Morocco Competition Council Announces Merger Control Amendments

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Morocco has enacted amendments to its competition law that will have significant impacts on its merger control regime. The amendments include increasing the minimum turnover thresholds for merger control filings, introducing...more

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New Competition Regimes and Increased Antitrust Enforcement across the Middle East & North Africa

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The tidal wave of antitrust activity throughout the Middle East & North Africa is expected to continue rising in 2023, as several jurisdictions across the region have started to amend their competition laws, introduce new...more

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Bureau of Competition Rescinds Treatment of Debt as Consideration under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

Key Takeaways - Prior informal interpretations from the Premerger Notification Office have permitted companies to exclude debt paid off at closing from the calculation of the statutory size of transaction test, under...more

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Global Merger Control Update | Winter 2021

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This Jones Day Global Merger Control Update highlights significant changes in merger control regimes in 2020. In this Update, we review: (i) changes in Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Ecuador, France, Germany,...more

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Significant Changes to Australia's Foreign Investment Framework Commenced on 1 January 2021

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The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more

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How to Navigate the EU Merger Notification Process in the Big Data Era

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The creation, storage and importance of data snowballs daily. And this data has a direct impact on the merger control process and the timely completion of large-scale M&A transactions. As more data is created, it has a...more

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