M/18/089 - Lakeland/LacPatrick [2019] IECompA m18089 (5 March 2019)
The merger was cleared as it did not raise competition concerns in the relevant dairy processing markets.
- Parties
- Merger Party: Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited; Merger Party: LacPatrick Co-Operative Society Limited
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Judgment Date
- 05 March 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Merger Clearance / Phase 1 Decision
- Outcome
- merger cleared
- Legal Topics
- Merger Control, Dairy Industry
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Parties
Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited
Merger Party
LacPatrick Co-Operative Society Limited
Merger Party
Procedural Posture
Merger Clearance / Phase 1 Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the proposed merger between Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited and LacPatrick Co-Operative Society Limited should be cleared under competition law
Ratio Decidendi
The merger was cleared as it did not raise competition concerns in the relevant dairy processing markets.
Court Disposition
merger cleared
Orders
- The proposed merger between Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited and LacPatrick Co-Operative Society Limited is cleared.
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