Merger
What's New?
ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures (revised in 2018)
ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis (revised in 2017)
2015 ICN Practical Guide to International Enforcement Cooperation in Mergers
Presentation: How does your merger review regime conform to the ICN’s Recommended Practices? A discussion of self-assessment tools
À la découverte du Groupe de travail de l'ICN sur les Concentrations; ICN MWG télé-séminaire de bienvenu (French language)
Want to learn more about the Merger Working Group, see the presentation used for the MWG's Welcoming Teleseminar, November 2013, entitled:
Discovering the ICN’s Merger Working Group: a global network of merger review regimes
Practicas Recomendadas por la RICE para el análisis de concentraciones económicas
Descubriendo al Grupo de Trabajo de Concentraciones de la RICE
ICN MWG Tele seminario de Bienvenida (Spanish language)
Mission of the Merger Working Group (MWG)
The mission of the ICN Merger Working Group is to promote the adoption of best practices in the design and operation of merger review regimes in order to: (i) enhance the effectiveness of each jurisdiction's merger review mechanisms; (ii) facilitate procedural and substantive convergence; and (iii) reduce the public and private time and cost of multijurisdictional merger reviews.
Current Work
The main current activities of the Merger WG are:
- Project on revising the Merger WG's Recommened Practices
- Focus on effective investigative techniques for merger review
- Work to promote familiarity, use, and implementation of the Merger WG's work product
For more details about the work of the Merger WG please see the current and long term work plans.
Contact Information of Co-Chairs of Working Group
The Merger Working Group is co-chaired by the Canadian Competition Bureau, the US Federal Trade Commission, and the Autorité de la Concurrence (France). For more information about the Merger WG, please contact:
Mr. Bradley Callaghan
Senior Competition Law Officer
Canadian Competition Bureau
Autorité de la Concurrence (France)
Ms. Sophie-Anne Descoubès Ms. Marianne Faessel
Adviser for International Affairs Adviser for International Affairs
Autorité de la Concurrence (France) Autorité de la Concurrence (France)
US Federal Trade Commission
Counsel for International Antitrust
US FTC
Highlighted Merger Work Product
- Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures (earlier versions available in Spanish and French)
- Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis (earlier version available in Spanish and French)
- Merger Guidelines Workbook
- Investigative Techniques Handbook
- Role of Economists and Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis
- Model Confidentiality Waiver
- Merger Remedies Guide (2016)
Click here for a complete list of MWG work products
Workshops & Teleseminars
- How does your merger review regime conform to the ICN’s Recommended Practices? A discussion of self-assessment tools, April 2014
- ICN MWG télé-séminaire de bienvenu, March 2014 (French language)
- Descubriendo al Grupo de Trabajo de Concentraciones de la RICE, February 2014
- Cooperation in Mergers: assessment & remedies, January 2014
- Role of Economists & Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis, December 2013
- Cooperation in Mergers: Investigations, November 2013
- MWG Welcoming Teleseminar, November 2013
- Cooperation in Mergers: Alignment of proceedings, October 2013
- November 2012 ICN Merger Workshop
- November 2010 ICN Merger Workshop
- Merger Remedies Teleseminar Slides