Decreased 2021 Merger Thresholds Under The Competition Act And Investment Canada Act - Anti-trust/Competition Law
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Government of Canada has announced updates to the transaction size thresholds for review under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act. The updated thresholds decreased slightly under both acts from the 2020 thresholds, which may result in more transactions that will be subject to review than there were last year. Competition Act Transactions that exceed both the (i) transaction-size threshold, and (ii), the party-size threshold, require pre-closing merger notification to the...