Merger

Recent Updates

• Information on the 2010 ICN Merger Workshop, hosted by the Italian Competition Authority (3-4 November), is now available at the workshop webpage, click here.
• The two Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis approved in 2010 have been added to the prior RPs approved in 2008 & 2009.  The set of 8 RPs in now available in one document.

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 and the Irish 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

The current work of the Merger Working Group focuses on two areas: merger investigation and analysis, and merger notification and procedures.    

To see the 2010-11 plans for the Merger Working Group, click here.

Click here for more information on merger notification & procedures work.

Click here for ICN Merger Templates & Related Materials.

Click here for the 2010 Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis on market definition and failing firm/exiting assests, approved in April 2010.

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Contact Information

For more information about the Merger Working Group, please contact:

Ms. Nancy Olson
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Telephone: 1 202 305 1210

Ms. Elisa Ryan

The Irish Competition Authority

Telephone: 353 1 804 5446