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A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

Carsales gets coal in its stocking

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • December 31 2012

The ACCC has cited a likely reduction in competition in the online advertising market as the basis for its opposition to Carsales' proposed

Shedding light on the pre-assessment process

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • December 17 2012

Since 2010, the ACCC has been conducting what it terms 'pre-assessments' of mergers. Pre-assessments refer to an assessment of a merger 'on the

Mergers and acquisitions - amendments to “market” to address creeping acquisitions

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • December 8 2011

The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 has again been amended with Federal Parliament passing changes which will affect the assessment of mergers and acquisitions under section 50

Revised Canadian Merger Enforcement Guidelines

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia, Canada
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  • November 3 2011

The Canadian Competition Bureau has released new Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Metcash full court appeal expedited

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • November 3 2011

On 20 September 2011, the Federal Court dismissed the ACCC’s application for an interim injunction restraining Metcash from acquiring Franklins’ supermarket business until the appeal is determined

Creeping acquisitions and unconscionability provisions refined

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • November 1 2011

On 17 August 2011, the House of Representatives passed the Government's Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 to amend the Competition and Consumer Law Act 2010

ACCC v Metcash Trading Limited ACCC appeals but the deal goes on

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • September 30 2011

On 25 August 2011 His Honour Justice Emmett delivered a judgment in favour of Interfrank Group Holdings Pty Ltd (Franklins), permitting the acquisition by Metcash Trading Limited (Metcash) of all the shares in Franklins

The Metcash deal: why did the court let it go ahead?

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • September 29 2011

The latest round of the ACCC's attempt to block the Metcash deal has given useful guidance for future merger disputes

Metcash: ACCC takes on more cases where the outcome is less certain

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • September 12 2011

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed to the Full Court of the Federal Court to overturn Justice Emmett’s decision in the Metcash case