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United Kingdom: CMA provisionally cleared NortonLifeLock / Avast merger (Phase II inquiry)

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CMA provisionally cleared NortonLifeLock / Avast merger (Phase II inquiry)

On 3 August 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a notice on its provisional findings regarding the proposed acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock. Avast and NortonLifeLock provide cybersecurity software, including antivirus, vi…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2022-01-19
under deliberation

On 19 January 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an inquiry into the merge…

2022-02-02
processing consultation

On 2 February 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed its consultation on the merg…

2022-03-16
under investigation

On 16 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) completed its initial inquiry (Phase …

2022-03-25
under deliberation

On 25 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an inquiry into the NortonL…

2022-08-03
under investigation

On 3 August 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a notice on its provisional fi…

2022-08-24
processing consultation

On 24 August 2022, the public consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provision…

2022-09-02
concluded

On 2 September 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final findings regar…