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- While the merger control regime has been left largely untouched for the past 15 years, these changes are expected to increase the number of notifiable transactions, significantly recalibrate the substantive review framework and implement enforcement-oriented procedural changes.
www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/articles/seizing-control-amendments-canadas-merger-control-regimeSeizing Control: Amendments to Canada’s Merger Control Regime
Mar 13, 2024 · While the merger control regime has been left largely untouched for the past 15 years, the recently enacted and further proposed changes are expected to increase the number of notifiable transactions, recalibrate the substantive review framework and implement enforcement-oriented procedural changes.
Mar 5, 2024 · While the merger control regime has been left largely untouched for the past 15 years, the recently enacted and further proposed changes are expected to increase the number of...
In this article, we highlight key considerations for private equity players now and as we transition to this new merger control regime. A stated intention of the reforms is to increase ACCC scrutiny of serial acquisitions.
Nov 7, 2024 · The Competition Act (the Act) has various provisions to protect Canadians from mergers and restrictive trade practices that harm competition among firms. The Act was amended on December 15, 2023, and June 20, 2024. These amendments made changes to the provisions around mergers and restrictive trade practices, as well as other provisions.
May 28, 2024 · Key takeaways. The Standing Committee Amendments are part of a series of amendments – some already adopted and implemented, some still proposed – to modernize Canada’s competition law and policy over the past few years.
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Among Bill C-59's most significant changes are the introduction of structural presumptions that mergers exceeding prescribed market share and concentration thresholds are anti-competitive. 1 Where the presumptions apply, the burden of proof is reversed and the onus is on the merging parties to rebut the presumption by establishing, on a balance ...
