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The Treatment Of Global Mergers: An Australian Perspective, S.G. Corones
The Treatment Of Global Mergers: An Australian Perspective, S.G. Corones
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The purpose of this article is to examine some recent global mergers from an Australian perspective. The article begins by considering the administrative tribunal and Court structure in Australia, as well as the procedural, substantive. and remedial aspects of Australian laws regulating global mergers. It then considers the Merger Guidelines and their focus on the unilateral and co-ordinated post-merger effects that are likely to occur. The article examines a number of recent global mergers. including Coopers & Lybrand/Price Waterhouse, BAT/Rothmans, Pepsi Co/Smith's Snack Foods and Coca-Cola/Cadbury Schweppes, as well as their assessment by the ACCC. Finally, it considers some of …
Transnational Competition Law Aspects Of Mergers And Acquisitions, William M. Hannay
Transnational Competition Law Aspects Of Mergers And Acquisitions, William M. Hannay
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
As more and more U.S. companies engage in overseas operations, even the most routine merger or acquisition seems to have a transnational component which requires analysis and perhaps premerger notification under an increasing number of foreign "competition laws" (or what we call antitrust laws). An understanding of those competition rules has become an imperative for American lawyers.