iPeter Davis, Vikram Kumar, and Sinan Corus, coauthors of the report Trends in Merger Investigations and Enforcement at the European Commission, discuss their recent findings, including:
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This global rise in merger notifications over the past decade, both in Europe and in the United States.
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Has the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted merger notification activity in the first five months of 2020?
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An increasing proportion of transactions being evaluated by the European Commission under a simplified procedure.
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Patterns within different industrial sectors.
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The European Commission’s shift to focus on enforcement of larger value deals.
