Rhino: EU Merger Control Analysis

Like the rhino in the animal kingdom, the EU merger control regime is an obvious and straightforward force in the global merger control landscape. Although it may, at times, appear slow-paced or brutish, it can be surprisingly swift to react when threatened and its instinct is to charge directly at whatever has spooked it.

Rhino is our digital platform for EU merger control analysis with statistics, updated monthly, and commentary.

Rhino’s five modules focus on phase I and phase II intervention rates, review durations, substantive assessment, and remedies. The statistics sustain that the following five themes are evident from deal review evolution in the EU over time:

• Intervention rates are decreasing
• Reviews take longer
• Complex cases get more scrutiny
• Vertical relationships receive more attention
• Remedies are getting tougher