The CBA Competition Law Section's Legislation and Competition Policy Committee presents:

Creeps, Killers and Zombies: Antitrust Review of Small Mergers in the Digital Economy

January 31, 2020 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Eastern
Teleconference

Antitrust enforcement agencies around the world are raising the alarm about potentially anti-competitive acquisitions by established or dominant technology firms of nascent competitors. Are firms really “killing” competitors, turning them into “zombies” or hoovering them up in sequence through “creeping” transactions?  And what can enforcers do about it? Join our experienced panelists to find out more about this burgeoning topic, including:

• The literature and recent agency initiatives addressing small tech mergers; 
• The legal framework for analyzing these acquisitions in Canada and elsewhere;
• What other approaches, including merger retrospectives and potential legislative amendments, have or may be explored by enforcers to police small mergers in the digital economy. 

Moderator
Charles Tingley, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (Toronto)

Speakers
Keldon Bester, Competition Bureau of Canada (Gatineau)
Richard Flanagan, Linklaters LLP (London)
Katharine Haigh, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (New York)