to the merger. We show that a PPO reduces the minimal synergy level necessary to make a merger beneficial for consumers …. It follows that an antitrust authority ignoring existing PPOs when evaluating merger proposals (which reflects the … current EU merger control regime) invites sneaky takeovers: Acquiring firms strategically use PPOs prior to a full merger …

This article looks at the distribution of two EC merger procedural events and examines the effect of the indefinite …-length suspension of merger investigations. Although the ECMR refers to the suspension of investigations as an exceptional instrument … result of merging parties' negligence towards the regulatory assessment of their merger. Whereas the first case may be …

following a merger. No merger should be unconditionally cleared if it involves a large amount of users' data. The chapter …

This paper examines whether cartel breakdown provokes a period of intensive merger activity amongst the former …