New Guidance on Company Mergers

On 25 March 2011, the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading jointly published a short guide to help businesses better understand what to expect when those bodies investigate a merger. See the link below for more details.


www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/mergers/Quick_Merger_Guide.pdf

 

 

Geoff Kew

Published on 01/04/2011

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