Australia's new merger reform regime: The Competitive Edge

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 global counsel. Notification thresholds, forms and fees, engaging with the competition and foreign investment regulators, information requirements and timeframes, conditions precedent and how to avoid gun-jumping … all this and board games with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of #TheCompetitiveEdge #podcast #competitionlaw Links:  How to host a How to Host a Murder, original and reboot Our new merger review portal, Australia’s new merger regime: what you need to know All about drop bears, hoop snakes and fishing spiders Try our new competition-law-themed cryptic crossword and all our other ones Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

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 CPD point depending on your jurisdiction. Plus Skarsgårds and Sarsgaards, trilogies of four or more, and our new MergerHub … All this and nothing more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.   Check out our new hub on Australia's new merger regime: what you need to know  Watch a video of the webinar  Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh's announcement of refinements to the regime  Skarsgårds in Murderbot on Apple TV, It: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max and Andor on Disney+  Desert wildflowers in Broken Hill  The Matrix filming locations in Sydney  Try our new competition-law-themed cryptic crossword and all our other ones  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au  

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 on unfair trading practices, the FTC loses its case against Meta, and former chair Lina Khan's new gig in New York … All this and movie posters with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of #TheCompetitiveEdge #podcast #competitionlaw #rrrjrrr Links: The complete The Rural Juror on 30 Rock Heraclitus/Pocahontas on social media market definitions (sing-along) FTC v Meta memorandum opinion Treasury Ministers announcement on unfair trading practices The Guardian on Lina Khan's new gig John McWhorter on mispronouncing Mamdani Drew Struzan and Richard Amsel movie posters Our new competition-law-themed cryptic crossword and all our other ones

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 the profession. Plus the final filing fees and the near-final ACCC merger guidelines, the Final Report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry, movie ticket surcharges and the final Fast and Furious film, the final stand of the final fired FTC Commissioner, and a surprise musical finale. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein  "When I'm Gone" by The Carter Family, Lulu and the Lampshades and Anna Kendrick  G+T on the ACCC’s analytical framework and the process for the new merger regime  G+T on the final filing fees and notification thresholds for the new merger regime  The ACCC's Digital Platform Services Inquiry 2020-25  The ACCC fines Dendy 1650 concession tickets for drip pricing  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au  

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 thresholds and waivers, the timelines, the new framing of the merger test, the long and the short of the forms – and the pieces of the puzzle still to come. And keep an eye out for the next webinar on 18 June! Presentation slides  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au    

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 Federal Court, merger reviews and non-reviews in smartphone apps, and a look at the year ahead … All this and low-fat yoghurt with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.   Links   Aunty Jack Introduces Colour at the National Archives of Australia  Executive orders and other presidential actions from the White House   All the new judges at the Federal Court  Compass/School Bytes on the ACCC register  Merger of the parking apps with the ACCC's statement of issues  Cab Calloway performs "Minnie the Moocher" in 1931 and 1980.   Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au