The interface and coordination of securities regulation of tender offers, merger review proceedings set up by competition law and any other bodies of sectoral regulation potentially applicable to a given transaction is a key issue in governing modern markets. Indeed, Securities Regulation,...

This paper studies the use of merger review as a shield to obstacle hostile tender offers of a company. Commenting on the transaction Oracle/PeopleSoft (2004) it reflects on the significance and risks of the antitrust authorities' analysis of M&A. The correct definition of the relevant market...

Competition law and regulation had played a prominent role in the process of construction and liberalization of the internal energy market in the EU. Several transactions in the last decade have shown the difficulties of the process and how Member States may occasionally make a political use of...