UK merger control

If a transaction falls within the scope of the UK merger rules under the Enterprise Act 2002, as amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA 2013) and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), the parties may choose to notify the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) or the CMA may decide to investigate itself. If, after an investigation, the CMA has competition concerns, it can prohibit the transaction (or unwind it if it is a completed transaction), accept remedies from the parties or (at phase 2) impose remedies that address those concerns.