The Bulgarian Supreme Court confirms that the acquisition of assets in the course of a judicial sale constituted a concentration in the meaning of the merger control rules (Oktopod Invest / Slunchev Dar)

Fessenko, Dessislava

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4 May 2012

The Bulgarian Supreme Court confirms that the acquisition of assets in the course of a judicial sale constituted a concentration in the meaning of the merger control rules (Oktopod Invest / Slunchev Dar)

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Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court (Върховен административен съд), 4 May 2012, Judgment No. 6253 in administrative case No. 13823/2011, Oktopod Invest – Slunchev Dar

The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court (the “SAC”) alleviated any doubts as to the qualification of asset purchases at judicial sales as a concentration in the meaning of merger control rules. The SAC upheld a ruling of the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition that such transactions were

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Dessislava Fessenko, The Bulgarian Supreme Court confirms that the acquisition of assets in the course of a judicial sale constituted a concentration in the meaning of the merger control rules (Oktopod Invest / Slunchev Dar), 4 May 2012, e-Competitions May 2012, Art. N° 52506

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