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Jumping the Gun under the Merger Control Regime in India

Ajay Goel | July 2018

Merger control regime in India provides for a suspensory regime wherein the ‘combinations’ (i.e. the notifiable transactions under the provisions […]

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Composite Transactions and Market Purchases: Supreme Court upholds Penalty for Gun Jumping in Thomas Cook and SCM Soilfert Cases

Ajay Goel | May 2018

Supreme Court upholds Penalty for Gun Jumping in Thomas Cook and SCM Soilfert Cases The Supreme Court of India, vide […]

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The Prosecutorial and Defensive Dimensions of ‘Single Economic Entity’ Concept and Its Application by the CCI

Ajay Goel | March 2018

Almost every jurisdiction in the world uses the term ‘enterprise’ or ‘undertaking’, and rarely the word ‘company’, as the subject […]

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Mergers and Acquisitions – Impact on Innovation

Ajay Goel | February 2018

The relationship between mergers and innovation is a vexed question. Those who follow Joseph Schumpeter’s theory of continuous innovation and […]

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CCI’s Competition Concerns In Combination Cases Involving Non-Controlling Minority Shareholding

Ajay Goel | January 2018

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), which meet a prescribed threshold, are required to be notified to the Competition Commission of India […]

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Antitrust Risks in Pre-Merger Negotiations between Competitors

Ajay Goel | November 2017

Due diligence inquiries and pre-merger negotiation, unless carefully crafted, may expose parties to the risk of competition law violations. Businesses […]

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Issues of Transactions made solely as an Investment & Composite Transaction under the Indian Merger Control Regime

Ajay Goel | March 2017

The Indian merger regime is a mandatory regime. Any person or enterprise, who or which proposes to enter into a […]

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Determining whether Acquisition is ‘Solely for the Purpose of Investment’!

Ajay Goel | October 2016

Mergers and Acquisitions may potentially affect the market structure and the level of competition in the market. Accordingly, competition authorities […]

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Merger Review by CCI: Determination of Relevant Geographic Market when the Market is Localised

Ajay Goel | September 2016

In merger cases, market definition is the most crucial factor as it determines the market share of the merging parties […]

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