Podcast – Global – Linklaters Merger Control Series: The Gun Jumping Issue – Merger Control's New €80 Million Question: France's Altice Decision digested

There have been a number of recent decisions globally which have fined perceived ‘gun-jumping’ activities (broadly, where parties start taking steps to implement a transaction prior to, or without, obtaining regulatory clearance). We take a closer look at a recent decision by the French Competition Authority, which saw the imposition of a record EUR80 million fine; and also consider the position in the US and China, both of which are seeing increasingly rigorous enforcement.