The Australian merger control regime can be frustrating for both domestic and international merger parties. The Harper Committee has recognised by making a number of recommendations in its final report to improve the regime. In the video...
Read More →With the repeal of the carbon tax by the Commonwealth Parliament, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been granted new powers to take enforcement action in relation to the new obligations imposed on businesses...
Read More →China merger filings are increasing rapidly with China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) receiving 866 merger review filings (as of 31 December 2013) since the Anti-Monopoly Law took effect on 1 August 2008. In 2013 alone,...
Read More →The impact of the online shopping on retail is nothing new but the impact that it may have on our definition of market in a competition context is where things gets interesting for us competition...
Read More →The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is seeking feedback on two new proposed airline alliances, Scoot with Tiger Airways and Singapore Airlines with Air New Zealand. Scoot and Tiger Airways have agreed to cooperate with...
Read More →After looking into the crystal ball about what we can expect on the Australian competition landscape in 2014 earlier this week, Susan Ning from our Beijing office has been considering what the Chinese antitrust enforcement authorities...
Read More →Five years after the DG Comp imposed a whopping €128 million (approximately AU$184 million) fine on petrochemical company Total, and following an appeal by Total, the EU General Court has reduced the original fine by...
Read More →After months of too-ing and fro-ing, MOFCOM is finally comfortable with the commitment’s proposed in relation to MediaTek Inc’s US$4 billion acquisition of MStar Semiconductor Inc and has cleared the acquisition subject to the commitments. ...
Read More →Coming off the back of the ACCC’s heavy scrutiny of the supermarkets industry (blogged about here) and recent opposition to Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of undeveloped land in June this year (blogged about here), the ACCC...
Read More →If the ACCC v TPG were a tennis match, it would be one set-all, with the ACCC taking a slight lead in the third and final set. First set: ACCC wins against TPG (see here for...
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