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Akinori Uesugi, senior consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Tokyo and former secretary general of Japan's Fair Trade Commission, explains how Japan's new merger guidelines complete its harmonisation with international best practices
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The US Department of Justice has cleared a merger between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, after an in-depth investigation.
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The US Department of Justice has ordered Monsanto and Delta & Pine Land to divest a clutch of major assets if they want to proceed with their US$1.5 billion merger.
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Despite objections raised by Chinese cookware companies, and after eight months of scrutiny and deliberation, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has finally approved the acquisition of Zhejiang Supor Co by Groupe SEB
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A new merger regime under Singapore's Competition Act came into effect on 1 July 2007
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Canada’s Competition Bureau has renewed its efforts to block the Labatt/Lakeport merger.
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Canada’s Competition Bureau has lost an attempt to delay completion of a proposed merger. The Competition Tribunal decision rejecting its application could have a major impact on Canadian merger practice
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In August 2006, Norwegian company Pan Fish informed the French minister of economy of a merger it had closed in June 2006, and which it had failed to notify in a timely manner under French merger control rules
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The German Federal Cartel Office has ordered a Swiss company to unwind its acquisition of three other Swiss companies
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Portugal’s Competition Authority has conditionally cleared a banking merger following an extensive investigation
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The Spanish Competition Tribunal has issued a report recommending the unconditional clearance of Mahou-San Miguel’s acquisition of rival brewing company Alhambra
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On 16 March, the Finnish Market Court held that interested third parties do not have the right to appeal against a decision by the Finnish Competition Authority approving an acquisition
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Nestlé is to acquire baby-food brand Gerber Products from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis. The US$5.5 billion deal was announced on 12 April.
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Christopher Hutton of WilmerHale in London and Ainslee Wilton of the Office of Fair Trading reflect on five years of the Enterprise Act and discuss first-phase merger review in the UK
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Israel's Antitrust Authority has decided not to approve the merger between Bezeq – the telephone and telecoms monopoly – and DBS, a direct broadcast satellite company
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