CRA advised CF Industries, the US producer of nitrogen-based fertilizer products on its acquisition of OCI, creating the largest publicly traded nitrogen company. OCI is a global distribution company based in the Netherlands. CRA provided detailed empirical analyses on competition in US fertilizer markets during the FTC investigation.
Pivotality: A sound new theory of harm in horizontal mergers?
In its review of the Novelist/Aleris merger, the European Commission relied upon a novel pivotality theory of harm, where pivotality indicates that competitors...