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Measuring unilateral price increases in the UK and EU due to mergers in differentiated markets: Are the tools fit for purpose?
By Mat Hughes Ben Forbes Jules Duberga
In many merger cases, the core competition concern is that the loss of rivalry between two merging competitors may render it profitable...
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Big Data in Merger Control: Part 4 - Turning data into insight
By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield
In this series of posts, we are focusing on the increasingly important topic of Big Data and its role in merger control assessments. In...
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The CMA’s Revised Merger Assessment Guidelines – Reading Between the Lines
By Ben Forbes Mat Hughes
Co-authored by Bruce Kilpatrick, Partner, Addleshaw GoddardIn March 2021, the Competition and Market’s Authority (the “CMA”) published a...
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Big data in Merger Control: Part 3 - Lessons from the coal face
By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield
In this series of posts, we are focusing on the increasingly important topic of Big Data and its role in merger control assessments. Our...
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Killer acquisitions: the trouble with predictions
By Ben Forbes Mat Hughes Camelia O'Brien
So-called “killer acquisitions” – where large firms acquire threatening start-ups – have become an increasing focus of global merger...
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Big Data in Merger Control: Part 2 – Is Big Data friend or foe?
By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield
In this series of posts, we are focusing on the increasingly important topic of Big Data and its role in merger control assessments. In...
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Big Data in Merger Control: Part 1 – Our take on the five Vs of Big Data
By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield
Big Data is playing an increasingly important and prominent role in global merger control. But what do we mean by ‘Big Data’ in this...
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The CMA’s revised merger assessment guidelines – Supposing is good, but finding out is better?
By Mat Hughes Ben Forbes Matt Hunt
In January 2021, the UK Competition and Market Authority (CMA) finished its consultation on its proposed revisions to its Merger...