Antitrust merger regulation is highly specialized and it is not easy to grasp the overall picture. Not many companies have extensive experience of merger reviews and companies may face unexpected regulatory risks if they handle these reviews in a hasty manner when undergoing large-scale M&A projects that may determine their fate. In the seminar, practicing economists from the JFTC Corporate Mergers Division and NERA who have been involved in a variety of merger reviews gave an overview of merger reviews, explained decision-making criteria, as well as the use of economic analysis from a practitioner's perspective. The seminar was targeted at personnel from corporate legal affairs/management teams and lawyers, and it was based on the contents of the two sets of guidelines on mergers and Major Business Combination Cases in FY2014 that were published on June 10, 2015.
独禁法上の企業結合規制は専門性が高く、全体像を理解することは容易ではありません。企業結合審査の経験豊富な企業は少なく、企業の命運を分ける大型M&Aの計画にあたって拙速な対応をすることになれば、想定外の規制のリスクに直面することになりかねません。本セミナーでは、企業法務・経営企画担当者、弁護士を対象として、公取委の企業結合課やNERAで様々な企業結合審査に関わった実務家経済学者が、企業結合にかかわる二つのガイドラインの内容、及び、2015年6月10日に公表された平成26年度の主要な企業結合事例を題材として、企業結合審査の概要、判断基準、また、経済分析の活用について、実務者目線の解説を行いました。
