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Australian Mandatory Merger Clearance: Regime Details Starting to Emerge – Government Publishes Draft Determination, ACCC...

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On 28 March 2025, the Australian Government (the Government) published its draft Determination providing the beginnings of detail about the acquisitions that are the subject of mandatory notification, some of the exceptions...more

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Australia enacts mandatory merger control law

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Australia’s mandatory suspensory merger control regime will come into force on 1 January 2026 following the passing of legislation by both houses of Parliament, representing a major shift for businesses, their advisors and...more

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Australia to implement mandatory merger control regime by 2026

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Australia will soon shift to a mandatory and suspensory merger control regime, with the transition commencing mid-2025. We provide below our key takeaways and observations on the bill which now has the support of both major...more

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Polish Competition Authority clarifies merger control rules on notification of extraterritorial joint ventures

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In a much-anticipated move, the Polish Competition Authority's (PCA) revised guidelines on the criteria and procedure for notifying the intention of a concentration (Guidelines) have clarified the criteria for mandatory...more

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Navigating the New UAE Competition Law: Moving Towards EU Principles? Part 2—UAE Merger Control vs. EU Merger Regulation

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On the merger control front, the New Competition Law introduced a new turnover threshold, in addition to the existing market share threshold, in the context of regulating economic concentrations (as defined below) between...more

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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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EU FSR – the notification regime begins; what does it mean for infrastructure investors?

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The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU markets. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new suspensory notification...more

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Mandatory Notification Obligations Under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation Kick In: Are You Ready?

Starting today, October 12, 2023, the mandatory notification requirements under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) apply. M&A deals involving businesses that (i) have been granted certain levels of financial support...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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Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Competition increases its merger control notification thresholds

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On 29 March 2023, Saudi Arabia's antitrust regulator increased the minimum turnover threshold for merger control filings from 100 million to 200 million Saudi Riyals, which should reduce the number of unnecessary...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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Blocked: UK Government uses new powers to block deal raising national

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The UK Government this week prohibited the acquisition of intellectual property owned by University of Manchester by a Chinese company – marking the first time the UK Government has exercised its powers to block a transaction...more

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UK National Security and Investment Act Comes into Force on 4 January 2022

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The UK government announced on 20 July that the National Security and Investment Act will enter into force on 4 January 2022. This act introduces mandatory filings for certain investments raising national security concerns,...more

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The UK’s National Security & Investment Act

The newly enacted National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “Act”) introduces a broad regime enabling the Government to intervene in M&A transactions on the grounds of national security. ...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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UK outlines its plans for wide-ranging new investment review powers

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The UK has published a draft of its new National Security and Investment Bill, together with explanatory notes, heralding the introduction of a new regime for reviewing investments in the UK. The new regime would introduce,...more

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CFIUS-UK? UK Government Announces New Foreign Investment Measures

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On 11 November 2020, the UK Government announced its long-awaited and far-reaching proposed reforms to its existing powers to scrutinise foreign investment in the UK, especially in relation to sectors deemed to be...more

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UK Government Introduces New Regime for Screening Foreign Direct Investment

The UK government’s long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill), which paves the way to significant changes in the UK’s regime for screening foreign investment, was laid before Parliament on 11 November...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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The French Competition Authority Can Now Be Notified Online of Concentrations

For concentrations meeting the conditions set forth in Article L. 430-2 of the French Commercial Code, a notification to the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) is mandatory. To facilitate merger control...more

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Transaction "Designed" to Evade Merger Control Leads to U.S. and EU Penalties

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The Development: Antitrust authorities in the United States and European Union have assessed penalties and fines against Canon, and in the United States, Toshiba, for structuring a transaction to avoid premerger notification...more

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UK Antitrust Authority Seeks Powers to Increase Merger Scrutiny, Issue Sectoral Interim Regulations and Weaken Judicial...

On 21 February 2019, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), at the U.K. government’s request, set out ‘wide-ranging and radical’ proposals to reshape U.K. competition enforcement and consumer protection regime....more

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FERC Sets $10 Million Threshold on Public Utility Merger Approvals

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On Feb. 21, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) issued a final rule revising its regulations governing public utility mergers or consolidations. The primary effect of this rule is to set a $10 million...more

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