International Merger Control, Mergers & Acquisitions in 48 Jurisdictions Worldwide (2007)
One by-product of globalization and the dramatic increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions has been a rapid increase in the number of countries that have enacted merger control statutes. As a result, mergers between multinational corporations frequently trigger merger control requirements in multiple jurisdictions, particularly in those countries where merging parties have substantial operations, subsidiaries or registered offices, or where their sales or market shares exceed statutory thresholds.
This article by four of the Firm's antitrust and competition law specialists, addresses in detail the increasingly complex merger control statutes implicated by cross-border mergers and acquisitions.