Timely Merger Clearance Becomes Increasingly Problematic As Complex Rules and Procedures for Required Approvals Spread Around the World
23 August 2013
Partners Howard Fogt and Alan Rutenberg, and Sophie Lignier, Of Counsel, authored an article that was published by Bloomberg Services Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report on August 23, 2013 titled, “Timely Merger Clearance Becomes Increasingly Problematic As Complex Rules and Procedures for Required Approvals Spread Around the World.” The article discusses how companies engaged in merger and acquisition activity need to increasingly take into account global merger control requirements that can add complexity, uncertainty, cost and, above all, the potential for significant delay to all but the most benign transactions.
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