2/13/2025 3:50:42 PM The UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: Impact on UK M&A (Part 2) By Colin Raftery Sharon Malhi Karen Slaney Today, the UK government issued its draft strategic steer to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) for consultation. Our separate...
2/13/2025 3:23:41 PM The UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: Resetting the priorities (Part 1) By Colin Raftery Sharon Malhi Cara Carr Today, the UK government issued its draft strategic steer to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) for consultation. Why does the...
2/13/2025 11:06:10 AM Freshfields' geopolitical monitor By Beth George Christoph H. Seibt Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...
2/12/2025 3:07:35 PM German Election #3: How Germany’s vote could reshape the EU By Alex Schmidtke Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea Bareil Germany’s upcoming election isn’t just about who governs in Berlin – it’s about the direction Europe will take. On 23 February 2025,...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
1/22/2025 11:48:29 AM EU to follow suit: Outbound investment control at the gates – Recommendation (EU) 2025/63 By Ilka Oberländer Thomas Lübbig Andreas von Bonin Konstantin Bondarenko Uwe Salaschek Leonhard Knebel +3 more... Show less While the focus in recent years has been on regulating inbound investments, discussions around the introduction of outbound investment...
12/20/2024 1:09:34 PM Von der Leyen II and Ribera I – What is in store for State aid policy? By Andreas von Bonin Aurélie Morreale The new European Commission officially took office on 1 December 2024. After significant political manoeuvring and some last-minute...
12/17/2024 8:00:34 PM European Commission publishes Merger Manual of Procedures By Edward Dean Alastair Chapman Mary Lehner Paul van den Berg +1 more... Show less On 29 November 2024, the European Commission (Commission) published sections of its Merger Manual of Procedures (ManProc).[1] This...
12/2/2024 5:16:43 PM New year, new reforms ... digital and competition (including mergers) parts of the DMCC Act in force from 1 January 2025 By Sarah Jensen Rikki Haria Alex Potter Hannah Dorling +1 more... Show less The UK Government has confirmed that the digital and competition parts of the landmark Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC)...
9/18/2024 6:57:55 AM The von der Leyen II Commission’s guiding star – competitiveness in the twin transition By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Victor Garcia Lopez Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez +1 more... Show less How the newly unveiled structure could deliver Europe’s next 5-year political ambitions The wait, at least for now, is finally over....
8/6/2024 2:07:39 PM European Commission’s draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance: an attempt to settle the question of who needs to show what By Lucas Vanassche Rikki Haria Vanessa van Weelden Killian Byrne Joanna Goyder +2 more... Show less The European Commission (Commission) has published its draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance (Guidelines), seeking...
7/30/2024 8:00:10 AM The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation public procurement tool – key takeaways after the first year of application By Ilka Oberländer Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Kate Gough Anne Dos Sascha Arnold Fabian Bickel +3 more... Show less We take the first anniversary of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) as an opportunity to reflect on the EC’s enforcement under the...