With companies moving to take advantage of new business opportunities in Europe and with growing potential for expanding trade in Eastern Europe, attention is focused on the techniques of corporate mergers and joint ventures. Merger Control, Regulation, Enforcement and Competition now form a vital part of corporate strategy and company operations. Written by a team of international lawyers specializing in company and competition law, "International Mergers and Joint Ventures" aims to provide insight and a new perspective on the development and progress of the law in this growing area of international legal practice. "... the predominant forum for discussion of leading edge international antitrust issues." -- A. Neil Campbell, Vice Chairman of Committee C, (Antitrust and Trade Law) International Bar Association, and; J. William Rowley Former Chairman of Committee C, (Antitrust and Trade Law) International Bar Association. "The Panel discussions...not only a valuable source of information, but provide an insight into existing and potential future problems." -- World Competition "This is the largest single source of information and analysis on Community (now European Union) antitrust law anywhere." -- Common Market Law Review Barry Hawk is Director of the Fordham Corporate Law Institute and Partner with Skadden Arps (New York and Brussels). He is former Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section and former Chair of the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, as well as Professor at Fordham Law School and Visiting Professor at Michigan Law School, Monash University Law School, New York University Law School and the University of Paris.