This second edition provides a comprehensive treatment of EU merger control law and procedures addressing an extensive body of precedents since the 1st edition was published in 2010.

It adopts an integrated approach that embraces both the law and economics of merger control, supplemented throughout with practical insights drawn from the authors' own experience. The book blends practical and academic perspectives and addresses new and unsolved questions of EU merger control law.

The book dissects the EUMR in its entirety and addresses the legal, economic, procedural and practical aspects of EU merger control. It looks at:

· Historical and systematic overview of the EUMR
· International scope and context of application
· Jurisdiction, including allocation (jurisdictional test: "concentrations with EU dimension") and reallocation ("referral mechanisms") of cases between the Commission and the national competition authorities in the EU
· The substantive analysis of concentrations, including the SIEC test and its application in relation to horizontal, vertical and conglomerate effects by the Commission (as reviewed by the European courts)
· Remedies
· Pocedure
· Judicial review

This book will be of interest to Attorneys, company lawyers, members of competition authorities, academics interested in EU merger control law.

Michael Rosenthal is Managing Partner of the Brussels office and European head of the competition law practice group of an international law firm, Beligum.
Stefan Thomas is Professor for Civil and Corporate Law with particular focus on competition law at the University of Tübingen, Germany.