Antitrust Strategies for Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Strategic Alliances: A Desk Book for Deal Makers

by Caswell O. Hobbs

Provides a strategic perspective for business executives and their legal counsel in dealing with the antitrust law considerations that arise when planning, negotiating, and closing a merger, joint venture, or strategic alliance. Covers the statutory and regulatory framework, the mode of analysis used by regulatory agencies and courts to assess the potential competitive effects of a proposed transaction, and arguments and defenses that may be raised to avoid a finding of anticompetitiveness. Major issues in the merger review process are illustrated by case studies drawn from recent merger proceedings. Includes many checklists for planning for the review process, and appendices of text of key statutes and guidelines, plus sample documents needed or encountered in the merger review process. The authors work in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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