MERGER ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES: A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE COMPETITION COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING RESPONSE TO THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT OF APRIL 2009 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Ashurst LLP welcomes the opportunity to comment on the "Merger Assessment Guidelines: Consultation
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(a) there are certain areas where the guidelines are silent or virtually silent. This is particularly notable in relation to the economic assessment of mergers in local markets and in bidding markets. These issues are described further at Section 5 below. We would welcome an extension of the guidelines to deal with these issues, which regularly impact on merger assessment by the OFT and the CC; and
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSULTATION ON REVISION OF THE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE AND MERGER IMPLEMENTING REGULATION RESPONSE OF ASHURST LLP 1. INTRODUCTION AND STRUCTURE OF THIS RESPONSE 1.1 Ashurst LLP welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission's ("the
1.1 Ashurst LLP welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission's ("the Commission") public consultation on "EU merger control – Draft revision of simplified procedure and merger implementing regulation" of 27 March 2013 ("the Proposal"). We regularly advise clients who are parties to mergers that are subject to the EU merger control regime or who are interested third parties in ...
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