In recent years, retail mergers have gotten more attention as consumers have grown more concerned with consolidation and how that impacts their pocketbooks. While antitrust enforcers scrutinize all retail mergers, not all have gotten a deeper look. How do enforcers decide which retail deals require deeper scrutiny? Emily Blackburn, Counsel at King & Spalding, and Laura Onken, Counsel at Axinn discusses their observations and insights on how enforcers analyze retail deals with Amanda Hamilton and Anora Wang. Listen to this episode to learn about how enforcers evaluate market definition and divestitures in retail mergers.
With special guests:
Emily Blackburn, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP and Laura Onken, Counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Hosted by:
Amanda Hamilton, NexArc Strategies and Anora Wang, Arnold & Porter
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