Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations

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By Brian A. Facey

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Brian A. Facey

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LexisNexis

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11 December 2020

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Federal Competition Law
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The only up-to-date source on navigating mergers and joint ventures through the Competition Bureau process, Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations, 3rd Edition is an essential tool for anyone involved in Canadian M&A. Facey and Brown offer superior analysis and pragmatic guidance to in-house counsel, private practitioners, academics, economists, students and government agencies based on critical developments over the past three years since the previous edition.

The wide-ranging content of this text includes:

  • New tips for determining whether a transaction is subject to pre-merger notification
  • Helpful insights into the merger planning and review process, based on recent experience
  • Recent developments affecting cross-border and international M&A

    Features of This Book

  • New content on digital mergers, vertical issues, international cooperation and coordination, and joint ventures
  • Reviews key implications of Canadian merger legislation and Competition Bureau practice for cross-border and international M&A
  • Explains new developments involving the importance of the efficiencies defence in the interpretation of the Competition Act's merger provisions
  • Analyzes the limitations on information sharing in the context of both pre-agreement due diligence and pre-closing integration, and outlines strategies for maintaining legal privilege over transaction planning documents, and allocating competition risk in transaction documents
  • Explains in plain English how the Competition Bureau uses economic analysis to determine the likely impacts of a merger
  • Examines how market definition will impact conclusions regarding substantive competition law concerns with a transaction
  • Describes popular theories of anticompetitive harm deployed by the Competition Bureau, and how economic evidence can be used to rebut these theories and gain approval for a merger

    Who Should Read This Book

  • Corporate/commercial and competition lawyers who must advise their clients on mergers, pricing, advertising and marketing practices
  • Any lawyer or expert who advises the Competition Bureau, the Commissioner of Competition and the Competition Tribunal, all of which who must interpret and enforce merger law
  • Law students who are looking for authoritative reference materials for competition law courses
  • International corporate/commercial and competition lawyers who are engaged to work on mergers with international (especially U.S.) aspects

    • Format

    ebook

    Author

    Brian A. Facey

    Publisher

    LexisNexis

    Release

    11 December 2020

    Share

    Subjects

    Federal Competition Law
    Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations