This article is the fifth edition of Johnson Winter & Slattery’s report about recent trends in complex merger review cases by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The report provides a complete statistical analysis of ACCC merger review decisions pertaining to the publication of a statement of Issues and the use of the “traffic light” system to indicate the ACCC’s preliminary competition concerns with a transaction.
Authors: Sar Katdare, Competition/Antitrust Partner, and Luisa Johnson, Associate, Johnson Winter & Slattery, and Andrew Willekes