Gun Jumping In Merger Control: A Jurisdictional Guide

As gun jumping comes to the forefront of antitrust enforcement in a number
 of important jurisdictions, this book is a timely and helpful guide for both in-house and outside counsel involved in cross-border transactions. The Mergers Working Group ("MWG") of the of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association has formulated a comparative guide concerning gun-jumping across 21 major jurisdictions, encompassing all global regions and both established and emerging merger control systems. Each country chapter comprises of a series of questions and answers based around the relevant legislation and illuminated by recent cases and decisions. These have been contributed by distinguished practitioners from around the world, and are followed by annexes on actual and hypothetical enforcement of specific conduct. The book also provides a high-level overview by the MWG of the survey's key results, to provide insight to the international business community, their advisors as well as to competition authorities.

Catriona Hatton is the partner in charge of Baker Botts’ Brussels office and co-chair of the firm’s global antitrust and competition practice. With more than 25 years of experience practicing EU law in Brussels, Catriona advises on EU and national law aspects of international mergers and has represented clients in some of the largest most complex deals in the market. She has also represented clients in antitrust complaints to, and investigations by, the European Commission and numerous national competition authorities. Her practice includes advising on compliance with the competition rules in a wide range of commercial agreements, the conduct of antitrust audits and the design and implementation of compliance programs. Catriona has represented clients in such sectors as chemicals, oilfield services, pharmaceuticals, financial services, media and entertainment, transport, and energy. Catriona is co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Merger Working Group, is recommended in Chambers Global and Europe, and has been named by Who’s Who Legal as one of the Top 12 Global Elite Thought Leaders in Competition.

Yves Comtois is Legal Consultant with the Antitrust and Competition Practice of Baker Botts’ Brussels office. With more than 25 years of experience in antitrust matters, Mr. Comtois has advised clients in high profile cases across a broad range of industries in all areas of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, abuse of dominance and cartels. He was recently involved in the in-depth investigation of the Halliburton/Baker Hughes merger. Prior to working with Baker Botts, Mr. Comtois was a Partner for several years in the competition law group of McCarthy Tétrault in Montreal. He started off his career by practising competition law for three years with an international law firm in Brussels. Mr. Comtois graduated from the law faculty of McGill University in 1990 and received a diploma of specialised studies from the College of Europe in Bruges in 1991. He co-authored the first French-language textbook on Canadian competition law with his former Montreal colleagues Madeleine Renaud and Yves Bériault.

Andrea Hamilton is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Brussels. Drawing on experience from both sides of the Atlantic, Andrea focuses her practice on the EU and national aspects of merger control investigations as well as non-merger conduct investigations and antitrust litigation and the creation and implementation of antitrust compliance programs. She advises on and coordinates the antitrust aspects of complex, international transactions and global investigations and counsels clients on important strategic issues. Andrea’s industry experience includes aerospace and defense, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, financial services, consumer products and media and entertainment, among others. She was recognized by GCR as one of the 40 leading private practitioners in the world under the age of 40. Andrea has also been recognized by the Legal500 and was recently named by Who’s Who Legal as one of the three most highly regarded partners in Europe in its Future Leaders category.