Merger control: behavioural commitments fix SAMR’s concerns Recent antitrust developments demonstrate that enforcement levels remain high and continuing to strengthen antitrust policy is a key priority. These included amendments to the merger control and anti-competitive behavioural rules, greater fining powers for China’s antitrust authority – the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) – and a reinforced focus on certain sectors, such as digital. Last year brought important changes to the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law. Antitrust enforcement remains a top priority in China Surge in antitrust and FDI intervention means appropriate deal provisions are vitalĬheck out the full report here.Evolving foreign direct investment regimes add yet more hurdles for M&A. Fast track and simplified reviews lead to quicker review periods.Gun-jumping and breaching merger remedies generate heavy sanctions.Below-threshold deals increasingly face reviews.Scrutiny of tech deals remains a priority with PE and labour markets in the spotlight.Scepticism over remedies results in rejected behavioural commitments and bolstered conditions.Aggressive merger control enforcement causes a rise in frustrated deals.We analyse data on merger control activity in 2022 from 26 jurisdictions, focusing on the EU, UK, U.S. Our latest Global trends in merger control enforcement report reveals when and how authorities have intervened in transactions and looks at what dealmakers should expect in the months ahead. General Our merger control report finds that antitrust authorities are stepping up their scrutiny of M&Aĭespite a fall in global M&A in 2022, antitrust authorities adopted increasingly aggressive approaches to enforcement.
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