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Dealmakers gamble with merger clearance during countdown to Australia's new regime

By James Panichi ( October 6, 2025, 07:45 GMT | Comment) -- As the six-month transition period between Australia’s outgoing informal merger regime and the incoming mandatory rules starts to wind down, antitrust lawyers are warning of a stampede of dealmakers wanting to take advantage of the comparatively lenient provisions, before they’re scrapped on Dec. 31. The logic is that dealmakers will roll the dice under the existing, informal clearance rules; if they can’t get a clearance by the end of the year, they’ll simply refile under the new mandatory regime.As befits a time of regulatory transition, behind-the-scenes speculation about how Australia’s mergers regulator is handling the move to a new, mandatory notification regime is running wild....

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