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Sainsbury's-Asda case shows UK merger-review deadlines need Brexit rethink, judge says

By Victoria Ibitoye ( January 18, 2019, 10:54 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s merger-review deadlines for complex deals need an urgent rethink given an expected upsurge in numbers after Brexit, a senior judge has said. J Sainsbury's and Asda’s successful challenge against the UK antitrust regulator’s timetable to review their planned merger highlights the difficulties created by rigid statutory deadlines, said Competition Appeal Tribunal judge Peter Roth.The UK’s merger-review deadlines for complex deals need an urgent rethink given an expected upsurge in numbers after Brexit, a senior judge has said....

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