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Merger Regulation Under Competition Law (LAWS70347)
Graduate coursework level 7Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
March
Lecturers
Mr Bill Reid, Coordinator
Professor Michael Jacobs
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 6190
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Drawing on Australian, United States and European Union cases and experience, this subject traverses the concepts and practice in assessing the competitive impact of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other transactions. The subject lecturers cover both the theory and practical application of the legal and economic concepts involved.
Principal topics include:
- The analytical framework for merger review, covering concepts such as market definition, entry barriers, countervailing power, and imports and innovation, in the context of counterfactual analysis and potential unilateral and coordinated effects
- Economic models used in merger review
- The processes and regulatory responses in assessing, predicting and seeking to address potential anti-competitive effects
- Advocacy and the roles of stakeholders in a merger review
- Assessing special cases, such as joint ventures, failing firms, strategic and minority stakes, and creeping acquisitions
- The assessment of international transactions across several jurisdictions.
Intended learning outcomes
A student who has successfully completed this subject will:
- Have an advanced and integrated understanding of Australian competition law as it is applied to mergers and acquisitions, and be able to compare it with the regulation and jurisprudence in the US and elsewhere
- Be able to critically examine, analyse, interpret and assess proposed mergers or acquisitions under Australian competition law
- Be an engaged participant in debate regarding proposals to consolidate Australian industry, and the appropriate regulatory and policy settings
- Have a sophisticated appreciation of how the ACCC may respond to proposed mergers or acquisitions in Australia
- Have an advanced understanding of how to compile and present effective submissions as to the likely competitive effects of a proposed merger or acquisition
- Have the technical skills to generate critical and creative approaches to assessing the competitive effects and counterfactual possibilities of proposed mergers and acquisitions in Australia, and to evaluate critically arguments and submissions put forward by transaction participants
- Have a sound understanding of the economic and business principles relevant to effective evaluation of the likely competitive effect of mergers and acquisitions
- Be able to demonstrate judgment as a practitioner in the field of competition law merger regulation in Australia.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Melbourne Law Masters Students: None
JD Students: Successful completion of the below subject:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS50063 | Competition Law |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS90072 | Mergers |
Term 4 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
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12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Applicants without legal qualifications should note that subjects are offered in the discipline of law at an advanced graduate level. While every effort will be made to meet the needs of students trained in other fields, concessions will not be made in the general level of instruction or assessment. Most subjects assume the knowledge usually acquired in a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent). Applicants should note that admission to some subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters will be dependent upon the individual applicant’s educational background and professional experience.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Class participation (20%)
- 7,500 - 9,000 word research paper (80%) (26 July) on a topic approved by the subject coordinator
A minimum of 75% attendance is a hurdle requirement.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- March
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24-26 hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 1 March 2017 Teaching period 29 March 2017 to 4 April 2017 Last self-enrol date 31 January 2017 Census date 30 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 June 2017 Assessment period ends 26 July 2017 March contact information
Lecturers
Mr Bill Reid, Coordinator
Professor Michael JacobsEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 6190
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
136-150 hours The pre-teaching period commences four weeks before the subject commencement date. From this time, students are expected to access and review the Reading Guide that will be available from the LMS subject page and the subject materials provided by the subject coordinator, which will be available from Melbourne Law School. Refer to the Reading Guide for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences.
Additional delivery details
This subject has a quota of 30 students. Please refer to the Melbourne Law Masters website for further information about the management of subject quotas and waitlists.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist printed materials will be made available free of charge from the Melbourne Law School prior to the pre-teaching period.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Competition and Consumer Law Course Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies Course Juris Doctor Course Master of Commercial Law Course Master of Competition and Consumer Law Course Master of Laws - Links to additional information
law.unimelb.edu.au
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
If required, please contact law-admissions@unimelb.edu.au for subject coordinator approval.
Last updated: 3 November 2022