Mergers and acquisitions of technology undertakings in competition law

Mergers and Acquisitions have a great importance in Competition Law. There may be several different possible reasons of undertakings to be involved in a merger or acquisition. A number of these reasons are completely appropriate under the competition rules. It is against the Rules of Competion Law, if undertakings participate in a merger or acquisiton to eliminate the competition in a market. Competition Law has a different type of approach to acquisitions in which control of a technology undertaking is acquired. In consideration of theory of harm, technology undertakings are often acquired by other undertakings which result as killer acquisitons. Beside general regulations for mergers and acquisitions in Turkish Competition Law, special turnover thresholds are specified to prevent killer acquisitions. Also in Competition Law of EU, the USA and the UK, new regulations on digital platforms are being made. In the first chapter, Mergers and Acquisitions in Competition Law are explained. Second chapter of the thesis is about Mergers and Acquisitions of Technology Undertakings In Turkish Competition Law. In the third chapter, we study on Mergers and Acquisitions of Technology Undertakings Worlwide. In the conclusion part, we suggest a new way of control against killer acquisitions.