Mexico's Merger Control Guideline Updates
Thursday, April 15, 2021 The Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE, or the Commission) has published an update to the Merger Control Guidelines. Although there are no significant changes from the prior version, the Commission did strengthen its view to carry out a “substance-over-form” analysis when it comes to transactions requiring prior antitrust clearance in Mexico. 1 Some of the key aspects include: 1. Not only acquisitions are reportable “concentrations.” As with competition law in other jurisdictions, Mexico’s Competition Law uses the term “concentr...
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