TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Preface Foreword
Introduction and Synthesis
Analytical Summary
Hypothetical Fact Pattern: “HydroCell JV”
Table of Cases
Biographies

AUSTRALIA
Susan Jones (Gilbert + Tobin)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control
Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

BRAZIL
Amadeu Ribeiro, Stephanie Scandiuzzi and Renata Zuccolo (Mattos Filho)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

CANADA
Neil Campbell (McMillan)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

CHILE
Lorena Pavic, José Pardo, Gonzalo Soto, Ismael Bahamonde,
Fernando Flores and Raimundo Gálvez (Carey Abogados)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

CHINA
Alastair Mordaunt and Haoyang Zhuo (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Michael Han, Christoph van Opstal and Joshua Seet (Fangda Partners)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

COMESA
Pieter Steyn (Werksmans | LEX Africa)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Question
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

EUROPEAN UNION
Niko Hukkinen (Frontia)
Andrea Hamilton (Milbank)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

FRANCE
Didier Théophile (Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

GERMANY
Christian Steinle and Mario Meinzer (Gleiss Lutz)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

INDIA
Arshad (Paku) Khan, Pranjal Prateek and Swati Bala (Khaitan & Co)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions
Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

JAPAN
Harumichi Uchida, Koichiro Hanamoto, Yukio Kaiju (TMI Associates)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

MEXICO
Fernando Carreño Núñez de Álvarez, Mónica Guadalupe Cabeza
de Vaca Orozco and Michel Llorens Zapata (Von Wobeser y Sierra)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

POLAND
Jaroslaw Sroczynski (Markiewicz & Sroczynski)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JV
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

RUSSIA
Roman Vedernikov and Dmitry Domnin (ALRUD Law Firm)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

SINGAPORE
Scott Clements (Allen & Gledhill)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments
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SOUTH AFRICA
Jean Meijer, Sandhya Foster and Stewart Payne (Herbert Smith Freehills)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

SOUTH KOREA
Cecil Saehoon Chung, Keon Woong Kim (Yulchon)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

SPAIN
Laura Lence de Frutos, Iñigo Igartua Arregui and Miguel Troncoso Ferrer
(Gómez-Acebo & Pombo)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

SWITZERLAND
David Mamane and Amalie Wijesundera (Schellenberg Wittmer)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

UKRAINE
Timur Bondaryev and Mykhailo Lazoryshynets (Arzinger Law Firm)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

UNITED KINGDOM
Gavin Bushell, Anthony Gamble and Karoline Phillips (Baker McKenzie)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments

UNITED STATES
Sonia Kuester Pfaffenroth and Barbara Wootton (Arnold & Porter)
Part 1: Joint Ventures and Merger Control
Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
Application to JVs
Changes of Ownership or Scope in Existing JVs
Formation of New JVs
Application of Merger Control Notification Thresholds
Local Nexus
Notification of JV Transactions
Assessment of a JV Under Merger Control
Remedies

Part 2: Analysis of Non-notifiable Joint Ventures or Issues Arising
After Merger Control Clearance
Legislation and Enforcement
Investigations
Authorisations
Substantive Assessment of a Non-Notifiable JV
Remedies and Sanctions

Part 3: General Questions
Exemptions / Safe Harbours
Ancillary Restraints
Information Exchange; Interlocking Directorates
International JVs
Trends and Expected Developments