Merger
MWG Updates
Now available:
Teleseminar Presentation: Non-Horizontal Effects in Merger Control: The Experience of the European Commission, June 28, 2011
Report: Merger Working Group Comprehensive Assessment 2010-2011
Mission of the Merger Working Group (MWG)
The mission of the ICN Merger Working Group, co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the Irish Competition Authority, and the Italian Competition Authority, 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
To see the 2011-12 plans for the Merger Working Group, click here.
Click here for more information on the MWG's notification & procedures work.
Click here for ICN Merger Templates & Related Materials.
Contact Information
For more information about the Merger Working Group, please contact:
Mr. Paul O'Brien
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Telephone: 1 202 305 1210
Ms. Elisa Ryan
The Irish Competition Authority
Telephone: 353 1 804 5446
Italian Competition Authority
Telephone: 39 06 85821472
Recommended Practices
- Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis
- Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures
- Merger Guidelines Workbook
- Investigative Techniques Handbook
- Merger Remedies Report
- Click here for a complete list of Merger work products
Workshops & Teleseminars
- November 3-4, 2010 Workshop
- Merger Remedies Teleseminar Slides
- Tools for Change Teleseminar, April 13, 2010
- Tools for Change Slide Deck, April 13, 2010
- UK Guidelines Presentation, January 25, 2011
- US Guidelines Presentation, January 25, 2011
- Non-Horizontal Effects in Merger Control: The Experience of the European Commission, June 28, 2011