American Bar Association The Essentials of Merger Review

The Essentials of Merger Review provides detailed descriptions of antitrust and competition laws regulating mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other relevant transactions in more than 60 jurisdictions. This in-depth guide serves as a major reference for in-house and outside counsel involved with both cross-border transactions and local transactions that may produce extraterritorial effects. Reviews of both the procedural and substantive issues involved in filing a notification and requesting approval are discussed. From Albania to Vietnam and many jurisdictions in between, the authors present the major decisions, leading cases, statistics, and latest developments in merger review around the globe. About the Author Elizabeth M. Avery is a partner in Gilbert + Tobin's Competition and Regulation group in Australia. Susana Cabrera is a partner at J&A Garrigues in Spain. Ethan Litwin is currently the Chair of the New York County Lawyers Association's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee, the Vice Chair of the International Antitrust Committee of the ABA's International Law Section, a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Antitrust Committee, and a member of the U.S. Council for International Business' Competition Committee. David Mamane is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Competition Group in Zurich. Bruno L. Peixoto is a partner and head of the Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group at Araujo e Policastro Advogados in Brazil. Alexander Rinne is a partner in the Munich office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm's Corporate Group. David A. Schwartz is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. Alison Shea joined the Fordham Law Lirbrary in New York in August 2007. Lionel J. Tupman is an Articling Student at Fraser Milner Casgrain's Toronto office.