PRACTICE NOTES
Note—To determine whether merger filing thresholds in Singapore and globally are met, please refer to: Where to Notify.
1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the regime and are there any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in Singapore?
The merger framework under the Competition Act 2004 commenced in 2007. Since launch, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (which, from 25 September 2025, has been rebranded as the CCS) has received over 110 merger notifications. Of these, the CCS has taken (or publicly indicated it might take) 22 cases to a Phase 2 review for complex mergers—around one in five reviews move to Phase 2; six were cleared conditionally with commitments, and eight were withdrawn by the merging parties as at May 2024. The CCS’s merger notification system operates on a
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