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Introduction to competition law and policy, and to the impact of merger control on corporate transactions
Jurisdictional rules: turnover, assets, local nexus, control, levels of shareholding, treatment of joint ventures.
Procedural rules: mandatory versus voluntary notification, administrative versus judicial review, duration of the review.
The EU’s substantive review of mergers -- Part I: Standard classification of mergers (horizontal, vertical, conglomerate). Market definition and measures of market power.
The EU’s substantive review of mergers -- Part II: Coordinated effects. Treatment of vertical and conglomerate mergers.
US merger control: Institutions, jurisdiction, process, and substantive assessment.
Chinese merger control: Institutions, jurisdiction, process, and substantive assessment.
Additional Note - Brexit Implications for UK Merger Control: Summary of the background and major potential implications to UK merger control resulting from Brexit



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