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Post‑Brexit UK–EU Parallel Merger Control: Divergent Outcomes, Remedies, Review Timelines and CMA Caseload Versus Predictions (2021–2024), with Practitioner Commentary and a 2025 Outlook

Published on: 31 March 2025

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This Market Standards Trend report delivers a concise snapshot of key data points concerning parallel merger investigations undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the European Commission (Commission) since the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 (Brexit). It focuses on:

  • the frequency of divergent outcomes across parallel investigations
  • assessment of parallel review cases featuring remedies or prohibitions
  • headline timing statistics for parallel investigations
  • how the parallel merger control landscape aligns with the CMA’s predicated case load four years post Brexit

The report also includes market commentary from leading experts on how the CMA and the Commission have handled parallel cases over the four years since Brexit, alongside broad perspectives on what to anticipate for parallel reviews in 2025 and thereafter...

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