Global merger control update—April 2022: UK reforms, Ukraine wartime filings, India Form II, Zimbabwe thresholds, gun-jumping penalties, and other developments
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In this monthly round‑up (April 2022), the UK Government has this month unveiled its much‑anticipated overhaul of the competition law framework, including merger enforcement; the Ukraine Competition Authority has provided further clarity on the merger review process during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; India has amended the Form II notification (long form); and Zimbabwe has also introduced revised thresholds for merger control.
UK—key changes to merger enforcement
On 20 April 2022, the Government formally set out its long‑awaited package of reforms to the competition law regime.
With respect to merger control, it has indicated its plans to take forward the following principal policy changes:
- retain the UK’s voluntary, non‑suspensory merger system in place
- increase the target’s UK turnover threshold in line with inflation from £70m to £100m (while the intervention threshold for media mergers on public interest grounds will remain £70m)
- introduce a new threshold ‘to deliver a broader and more effective jurisdictional footing for certain vertical and conglomerate mergers, notably so‑called ‘killer acquisitions’ that could endanger the emergence of new products or services’.
Under the revised rules, jurisdiction would be established where at least one of the parties has: (i) an existing share of supply of goods...
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