The Essentials of Merger Review provides detailed descriptions of antitrust and competition laws regulating mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other relevant transactions in more than 60 jurisdictions. This in-depth guide serves as a major reference for in-house and outside counsel involved with both cross-border transactions and local transactions that may produce extraterritorial effects. Reviews of both the procedural and substantive issues involved in filing a notification and requesting approval are discussed. From Albania to Vietnam and many jurisdictions in between, the authors present the major decisions, leading cases, statistics, and latest developments in merger review around the globe.