Abstract
Merger law does not intend to prohibit mergers and/or acquisitions (M&As), but only to prohibit those deals that facilitate collusion, monopoly or oligopoly pricing, and thus threaten to damage the competitive nature of the market permanently. As such, mergers are, per se, not subject to regulation. The regulatory authorities block few and the general policy is to permit such transactions.
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McCarthy, O.J. (2013). The Legal Environment. In: Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137278074_3
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