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Foreign deals with little impact on South Korean market will get fast-track merger review

By Wooyoung Lee
  • 29 Dec 2021 01:17
  • 29 Dec 2021 01:17
Foreign merger deals that will have little impact on the South Korean market will undergo a shortened merger review process starting on Dec. 30, with the South Korean competition regulator expanding its fast-track review process under amendment to the competition law.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission, or KFTC, has added

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Wooyoung Lee

Correspondent, Seoul


Wooyoung Lee is a correspondent based in MLex’s Seoul office, South Korea, covering antitrust, privacy and data security, mergers and acquisitions and financial services. Wooyoung has more than a decade of experience in journalism, public policy and research. She has worked and written for news outlets including The Korea Herald, Al Jazeera International, Bloomberg BNA, Monocle, among others.

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