Merger control can be a substantial challenge when buying or selling companies or establishing joint ventures, especially for strategic and time-sensitive projects. This guide shall help companies in understanding the merger control filing requirements and navigating the merger control procedures in the EU, France, Germany and Italy.
This is all the more important since the respective authorities – the European Commission (EU), the Autorité de la Concurrence (France), the Bundeskartellamt (Germany) and the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Italy) – are among the world’s most recognized and active merger control regulators. Combined, they reviewed more than 1,500 merger control notifications in 2023 (Germany 805, EU 356, France 266 and Italy 77). While these Q&A answer many typical questions that businesses may have, they naturally cannot be exhaustive.
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