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Australia's new merger reform regime: The Competitive Edge
Playlist by The Competitive EdgeAustralia’s new merger reforms have commenced and mark the most significant overhaul in how mergers and acquisitions are regulated in decades. The changes introduce a mandatory notification process, …Follow the podcast:
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How to Host a Merger: Elizabeth Avery and Costas Condoleon on the latest updates to the merger regime and what global counsel need to know about our new system.
How to Host a Merger: In our special Antipodean summer edition, head of Competition Elizabeth Avery and co-head of Corporate Advisory and M&A, Costas Condoleon, share their experiences with Australia’s new merger regime so far, with a focus on multijurisdictional mergers, foreign investment, and gl…
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Mergerbot: Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald on the recent and upcoming refinements to the new merger process
Partners Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald join us to ring in Australia’s new merger clearance regime – what's settled, what's still up in the air and how our clients are navigating the new world in the third but not necessarily final instalment of our webinar series. This episode may qualify for 1 CP…
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The Merger Reform Forum: ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb on the new merger review framework
ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb delivers a keynote at our recent forum on the new merger framework that's just around the riverbend: why the change, how to engage with the ACCC, and what's still up in the air. Plus the Chatham chat on fees, thresholds and first-instance decision-making, an agreement …
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When I'm Gone: Antitrust economics and merger reform
Jennifer Fish, Economist at Charles River Associates, joins us to talk about the new merger approval process and its sharper focus on data and economic analysis, how lawyers can most effectively engage with economists, the state of hipster and hillbilly antitrust, and the representation of women in…
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Anatomy of a Merger: Partners Elizabeth Avery, Louise Klamka and Jeremy Jose on the practical implications of the new merger process
Australia’s new, formal, mandatory and suspensory merger regime comes into effect on a voluntary basis on 1 July this year and will be mandatory from 1 January 2026. Join G+T partners Elizabeth Avery, Louise Klamka and Jeremy Jose for a webinar first livestreamed in April on the coming notification…
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Task Force: Marcus Bezzi on the Competition Taskforce, the new National Competition Policy and merger reform implementation
Chief Advisor Marcus Bezzi joins us to talk about his time at Treasury's Competition Taskforce, merger reform implementation, the future of our National Competition Policy and the next chapter in a life of competition law and policy. Plus antitrust shifts in the US and the UK, new judges for the Fe…
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