Antitrust Review of Multijurisdictional Mergers: Navigating Complex Clearance Requirements
Managing Cross-Border Pre-Merger Reviews Amid Overlapping Substantive and Procedural Regimes
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide counsel in conducting pre-closing antitrust reviews in multijurisdictional mergers. The panel will explain the complexities of the cross-border merger review process, review the growing use of antitrust cooperation arrangements between foreign competition authorities, and consider best practices for managing multijurisdictional reviews.
Outline
- Multijurisdictional pre-merger antitrust reviews—latest developments
- Cooperation agreements between antitrust authorities internationally
- Best practices for conducting and managing multijurisdictional reviews
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the key differences between the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions in managing common antitrust clearance issues in mergers, such as market definition, unilateral effects and the like?
- How are cooperation arrangements among national competition authorities helping to ease the burden of conducting multijurisdictional merger reviews?
- How can antitrust counsel save time and money in producing the information needed for both the U.S. and foreign jurisdiction approval procedures?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty

James W. Lowe
Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Mr. Lowe is a Partner in the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, and a Member of the... | Read More
Mr. Lowe is a Partner in the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, and a Member of the Antitrust and Competition and Aviation Practice Groups. He has extensive experience handling merger and civil and criminal non-merger investigations at the DOJ, the FTC, and other state and federal agencies.
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Hartmut Schneider
Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Mr. Schneider is a U.S. and German-qualified lawyer who practices antitrust law primarily before U.S. agencies and... | Read More
Mr. Schneider is a U.S. and German-qualified lawyer who practices antitrust law primarily before U.S. agencies and courts. He has extensive experience in securing merger clearance for transactions in a diverse range of industries. He also regularly counsels clients on legal issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law, as well as on the compliance of joint ventures, other horizontal cooperation agreements and vertical distribution agreements with the antitrust laws.
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