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Court will clarify impact of Austria’s deal value threshold, top regulator says

By Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst ( March 11, 2025, 17:51 GMT | Insight) -- A looming Austrian court ruling on when the competition watchdog can apply its transaction value threshold will be an important test of how “valuable” that tool really is, the authority's head said today. Natalie Harsdorf-Borsch was understood to be referring to Edwards Lifesciences’s acquisition of smaller rival JenaValve Technology. New merger thresholds in Germany and Austria designed to catch high-value takeovers where the target has only small revenues have recently drawn criticism.A looming Austrian court ruling on when the national competition watchdog can apply its transaction value threshold will be an important test of how “valuable” that tool really is, the head of the authority said today....

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