Italy Overhauls its Merger Control Filing Fee System

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

Stefano Grassani (Pavia e Ansaldo) describes how Italy Overhauls its Merger Control Filing Fee System.

ABSTRACT: As of January 2013, what is known as probably the world heftiest merger control filing fee structure will be abolished. As a matter of fact, further to an ancillary addition to the so-called "Deregulation Decree"-sponsored by Prime Minister Mario Monti and passed by the Italian Parliament on March 22, 2012-Italy has abandoned a regime that had drawn bitter criticism among practitioners and companies alike.