An Analysis on Efficient Policy and Test for Competition Control of Undertakings Acquisition: Comparative Study in U.S, E.U and Iranian Law

Today companies acquire other corporations to overcome their competitors. Directors of companies use these strategies for obtaining more portions in competitive markets and increasing business power. But these policies can be regarded as destructive matters which damage market's competitive order. So in such situation we need restrictive policies of competition law. For controlling acquisitions, every legal system has its own policy. Sometimes these policies have fundamental differences with each other which result in diverse views. Differences between particular acquisition policies, are main factors which determine the way of confrontation by competition authorities. As much as these policies are more efficient, the control process of competition authorities would be more favourable. In this way the most important question is what is the best strategy for controlling acquisitions? This paper is going to analyze different approaches in U.S and E.U law in competition issues of acquisitions and compare them with Iranian law views, drawing an efficient strategy for controlling acquisitions in competitive markets. In this way, the most impressive policy is one which considers structural differences between merger and acquisition and provides exhaustive control on diverse aspects of latter one. It shouldn't concentrate on merely some competition disrupting aspects of acquisitions such as misuse of dominant position.