03 · Antitrust and competition · Multi-juridictions
Merger clearance and compliance
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Filing-requirement analysis across every relevant jurisdiction, market share extraction, preparation of the filing forms.
Where it is slight or nil
Pre-notification discussions, remedy trade-offs, timetable negotiated with the authority.
Observed time
−56% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Filing-requirement analysis jurisdiction by jurisdiction, thresholds and deadlines
- Extraction of market shares and of overlaps from the data room
- Preparation of the notification forms and of their annexes
- Review of the internal documents produced in support of the filing
- Tracking of regulatory conditions precedent through to completion
- Monitoring of compliance with the standstill obligation