On the Merits - Merger control gone wild? Part one: jurisdiction

In this first episode of our On the Merits competition podcast, Gonçalo Machado Borges is joined by Kai-Uwe Kühn to discuss recent trends in merger control with a special emphasis on jurisdiction. Among many other achievements, Kai-Uwe Kühn has a PhD in Economics from Oxford University, was Chief Economist at DG COMP from 2011 to 2013 and is currently Managing Director at the global consultancy Berkeley Research Group. In this talk, we discuss what criteria could be used to identify killer acquisitions, what new deal structures should qualify as mergers and turnover thresholds versus call-in powers.

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