ACCC Publishes Updated Guidance on Informal Merger ReviewsKate JeffersonJulie S. HuttonGeorgina Foster
The ACCC has proposed a single mandatory and suspensory merger notification and review process to replace the current informal and formal clearance systems. Parties to all mergers that meet certain, not yet specified, thresholds would be required to notify their transaction to the ACCC. ...
A new single formal clearance regime. The ACCC proposes to abolish the existing long standing informal merger review process and introduce a new single formal approval process. This formal process would have mandatory notification thresholds, and notified acquisitions would be prohibited from completing ...
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Informal merger clearance process under scrutiny : Australian Gas Light Company v ACCCThe article discusses the decision of the court in the Australian Gas Light (AGL) Co. vs. ACCC case. AGL is the first corporation to challenge the ACCC's informal ruling in the Federal Court. AGL sought a...
The Australian Government has proposed a new merger control regime replacing the existing voluntary informal notification and authorisation process regimes with a mandatory and suspensory clearance regime. 30 October 2024 Insight The Dispatch - October 2024 Welcome to ou...
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