Essays about: "Merger Regulation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the words Merger Regulation.

  1. 6. Merger Control in the EU: When is an Impediment to Effective Competition Significant?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Iiris Matilda Tuohimaa; [2022]
    Keywords : EU Merger Control; SIEC Test; Horizontal Mergers; Oligopolistic Markets; Unilateral Effects; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Merger control is an important component of competition law in the EU. There are two levels of merger control in the EU. The first level is EU merger control for transactions that have an EU dimension, which fall within the jurisdiction of the Commission under the EU Merger Regulation. READ MORE

  2. 7. Killer acquisitions and European merger control in the digital era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Aline Alves Fulgencio; [2021]
    Keywords : killer acquisitions; GAFAM; EU mergers regulation; US antitrust law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Big Tech companies, more precisely the five American giants: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, have been performing a massive number of startup acquisitions and strengthening their dominant position in the market. In an economical study about mergers in the pharmaceutical sector the term killer acquisition was firstly adopted to define a transaction in which an incumbent, after acquiring a innovative target, terminates the development of the target’s innovations in order to prevent a future competitor. READ MORE

  3. 8. Comprehending the concept of AML risk management: From ostrich policy to number one priority

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Viktor Löfgren; Anton Melkersson; [2020-07-01]
    Keywords : AML; Governance; Competing logics; Risk management; AML regulation; Nordic bank scandal;

    Abstract : Purpose : Regulators are combating money laundering through legislation and banks work intensively with AML related activities. The purpose of this report is, therefore, to understand how the public and regulatory environment affect how a Nordic bank conducts risk management practices and organize to mitigate risks connected to violating AML legislation. READ MORE

  4. 9. Gun-jumping in the EUMR: How it ought to be regulated

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Okko Lauri; [2020]
    Keywords : Gun-jumping; merger; implementation; concentration; EUMR; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis concerns the regulation of premature implementations of mergers, also known as gun-jumping. The purpose of the paper is to establish how the phenomenon should be regulated in the European Union Merger Regulation (EUMR). Potential solutions are sought primarily from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. READ MORE

  5. 10. Development of SPAC 3.0: Empirical Evidence on SPAC Performance and Moral Hazard

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Hyun Won Yi; Kai Van Eckert; [2020]
    Keywords : Special Purpose Acquisition Company; Regulation; Initial Public Offering; Frictions; Moral Hazard;

    Abstract : Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are shell companies equipped with money raised in an initial public offering (IPO) to identify and acquire a private target within a specified timeframe. For private targets that acquire public status after a merger with a SPAC, SPACs are a reliable and fast alternative route to access public markets. READ MORE