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Comment: EU ‘legal certainty’ claim on merger review guidance draws skepticism

By Natalie McNelis
  • 16 Sep 2021 09:22
  • 16 Sep 2021 09:22
There may be many good reasons for the EU to assert jurisdiction over “killer acquisitions” beyond its borders, but increasing legal certainty is unlikely to be accepted as one of them by merging companies or their lawyers.

The European Commission put forward guidelines in March for national competition authorities to refe

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Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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