Reforming HSR Treatment Of Partial Acquisitions: Part 1

By Jack Sidorov (June 7, 2017, 6:10 PM EDT) -- The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act requires pre-acquisition notification to the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice of certain acquisitions of voting securities, assets and noncorporate (e.g., LLC) interests so as to enable the agencies to conduct pre-acquisition antitrust review. Acquisitions of minority interests of voting securities ("partial acquisitions") may trigger HSR, and the rules that have been in effect since the inception of the HSR program in 1978 are complex and can require parties to make multiple HSR filings over time and at different ownership levels even if a 50 percent or greater interest is never reached....

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