By Douglas C. New and Sabrina Jackson-Nazareth on Posted in Merger Notification & ReviewIn a recent speech given at the Canadian Bar Association’s Competition Law Spring Conference, Commissioner of Competition, Matthew Boswell, announced the Bureau’s decision to place more focus on identifying non-notifiable mergers which could potentially raise competition law concerns. While the Competition Act (“the Act”) requires pre-merger notification of certain proposed mergers when prescribed monetary thresholds… Continue Reading
By Johan Coetzee on Posted in Competition Litigation,Merger Notification & ReviewThe South African Competition Commission has since the beginning of 2017 prohibited eleven intermediate mergers and has recommended that four large mergers be prohibited. This number is substantially higher than 2016, when the Commission prohibited three intermediate mergers and recommended that one large merger be prohibited. For the period end of September to October 2017,… Continue Reading
By Stephen Langbridge on Posted in Competition Compliance Programs,Merger Notification & ReviewMerger clearance in South Africa is not easy, nor quick. That may be a take-away from observing the recent clearance by the South African authorities of the DowDuPont global merger of equals covering markets for agricultural products, material sciences and chemicals as well as specialized health and electrical products. The merger was cleared some 15… Continue Reading
By Huy A. Do and Grant LoPatriello on Posted in Competition Litigation,Merger Notification & ReviewOn September 29, 2016, the Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) released a revised consent agreement template for merger remedy negotiations. The release of the Bureau’s updated template is timely, as the number of consent agreements registered with the Competition Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) have risen significantly since the last template was published in 2007. This year alone,… Continue Reading
