Abstract:
The private equity activity consists, by its own definition, in the temporary acquisition of shares or assets of a target company. During the exercise of this activity a whole series of economic integration operations will be fulfilled. This article aims to determine whether the economic concentrations carried out by private equity operators shall be subject to prior authorization by the antitrust regulator.
Keywords: private equity, economic concentration, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), competition law, antitrust law