State owned enterprises under the EU merger control -- China's state owned enterprises : governance and regulation -- Economic concentrations of China's state owned enterprises under the EU merger control regime -- From merger control to foreign investment screening in the European Union.

"This book analyses the specifics of corporate governance of China's State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and their assessment under EU merger control, which is reflected in the EU Commission's screening of the notified economic concentrations. Guided by the Going Global policy and the Belt and Road...

Increasing globalization of international markets has prompted development of economies of scale on the international level. Mergers and acquisitions is one of the ways for the multinational companies to increase their competitiveness and expand on the global market. This business strategy is...

This article discusses merger remedies practice of the Estonian Competition Authority (ECA), identifies the degree of convergence with the EU merger remedies policy and analyses its responsiveness to the realities of a small market economy such as Estonia. The authors summarise the ECA's...

Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS/Président de l'Autorité de la concurrence, Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Industrie et de l'Emploi, ECJ (Third Chamber), Judgment of 13 October 2011, C-439/09). This judgment provides practical guidance on the assessment of anti-competitive restraints in case...

The ECJ judgments delivered in Arkema and Elf Aquitaine further develop the rules on application of the shareholding-based presumption which allows the Commission to impute to the parent companies liability for antitrust infringements committed by their subsidiaries. The ECJ reaffirms the...

The ECJ's ruling in Knauf Gips case (C-407/08P) further develops the concept of a «single economic unit» that allows attribution of liability for anti-competitive conduct in cases involving complex corporate structures where the possibility of exercising a decisive influence cannot be always...