OECD Competition Law and Policy 347d ago

The review of cross-border mergers is becoming increasingly relevant to competition authorities. A digitalised economy and a recent trend of large-scale transactions is making it more common to have mergers between multinational companies that require review in multiple jurisdictions, with assets located in different parts of the world. In this context, what are the most pressing complexities of cross-border mergers? What emerging strategies or approaches can competition authorities use to effectively review these transactions, considering the unique characteristics of digital markets? During a session of the 2025 Open Day, the OECD invited Rima J. Alaily (Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft), Felipe Cerda Becker (Deputy National Economic Prosecutor, FNE Chile) and Annemiek Wilpshaar (Head of the Unit, Mergers, DG COMP) to reflect on these questions under the moderation of Aura García Pabón (Competition Expert, OECD). Timecodes 0:00 Intro 3:54 Challenges in cross-border merger review 37:07 Best practices to facilitate the review of cross-border mergers 46:26 The future of cross-border merger review 59:36 Q&A More about the 2025 OECD Competition Open Day at https://oe.cd/comp-od25 More OECD work on competition at https://oe.cd/competition More materials about the topic: https://www.oecd.org/en/events/2024/12/global-forum-on-competition-2024.html#cross-border-mergers