EU Non-Opposition to Concentration: Bain Capital / MCJ

EC Competition Cases

Published March 9th, 2026

Detected March 9th, 2026

Summary

The European Commission has issued a notice regarding case M.12310, concerning the concentration between Bain Capital and MCJ. The Commission has decided not to oppose this concentration, indicating it does not raise competition concerns.

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This document is a notice from the European Commission regarding a merger case (M.12310) involving Bain Capital and MCJ. The Commission has reviewed the notified concentration and has decided not to oppose it, meaning it has not identified any competition concerns that would warrant further investigation or prohibition.

For regulated entities, particularly those involved in financial advisory or fund management, this notice signifies that the proposed merger between Bain Capital and MCJ will proceed without intervention from the European Commission on competition grounds. No immediate action is required from compliance officers unless their operations are directly involved in the transaction. The decision is final regarding competition clearance.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12310 – BAIN CAPITAL / MCJ)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.12310 – BAIN CAPITAL / MCJ)

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(C/2026/1505)

On 2 March 2026, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32026M12310. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1505/oj

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