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Pre-assessment discussions key to new merger regime, Australian watchdog says

By James Panichi ( March 27, 2025, 07:29 GMT | Insight) -- Australian dealmakers considering whether to notify a transaction under the country’s new mandatory and suspensory merger regime should engage with the antitrust regulator informally, to both clarify possible sticking points and ensuring a future review is managed swiftly. In new draft guidelines published today, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission warned merging companies that if the review clock started without clarity on what information should be provided, they ran the risk of the regulator viewing the notification as “materially incomplete.”Dealmakers pondering whether to notify a transaction under Australia’s new mandatory and suspensory merger regime should engage with the antitrust regulator informally, to both clarify possible sticking points and ensure a future review is managed swiftly....

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