The Legal Framework for Mergers and Acquisitions in the European Union and the United States

Tania Pantazi

Chapter Chapter 11 in Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment, 2012, pp 195-205 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract When the term “mergers and acquisitions” is referred to in legal documents, it normally corresponds to two different types of contract. A merger occurs when two or more previously independent undertakings or parts of undertakings become one; an acquisition happens when one or more persons already controlling at least one undertaking, or one or more undertakings, acquire direct or indirect control of the whole or parts of one or more other undertakings. The general term used in European Union (EU) law in particular is “concentrations.”

Keywords: European Union; Federal Trade Commission; European Economic Community; Merger Control; Effective Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137031556_11

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