Essays about: "union mergers"

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  1. 1. Remedying mergers and acquisitions below the EUMR jurisdictional thresholds - The EU competition law treatment of non-reportable M&A transactions

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

    Author : Samuel Hertsberg Åsander; [2023]
    Keywords : EU law; Competition law; Remedies; EUMR; jurisdictional thresholds; merger control; Article 102 TFEU; EU-rätt; konkurrensrätt; företagskoncentration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Europeiska kommissionen har sedan en tid tillbaka upplevt brister i EU:s kontroll av företagskoncentrationer. Detta eftersom EU:s koncentrationsförordning inte anses fånga alla potentiellt konkurrensrättsligt problematiska företagsförvärv. READ MORE

  2. 2. Examining the Competitive Effects of Digital Ecosystem Mergers : An Analysis of Theories of Harm Applied in Assessments of Digital Ecosystem Mergers under EU Merger Control

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Frykman Krans; [2023]
    Keywords : Mergers; Acquisitions; Mergers and acquisitions; M A; Digital ecosystems; Big Five; Merger control; Competition; Competition law; EU; EU law; EU competition law;

    Abstract : Digitalisation has fundamentally changed the way we communicate, conduct trade and consume goods and services. It has also enabled new business models to evolve. Some firms in the digital sector have developed and are now operating large conglomerate-like networks commonly referred to as ‘digital ecosystems’. READ MORE

  3. 3. 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

  4. 4. 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. 5. A legal perspective on biotechnology patents in mergers and acquisitions transactions in the European Union and the United States

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

    Author : Matti Antela; [2020]
    Keywords : Legal perspective; biotechnology; patentability; mergers and acquisitions; regulatory environment.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses different aspects of the legal perspective on the patentability, valuation, and scope of biotech patents in the European Union and the United States when mergers & acquisitions transactions are in question. To facilitate mergers & acquisition of a biotechnology company a specific regulatory environment must be established, particularly what effects the most such transactions when the biotech company is in question. READ MORE