3/2/2026 2:50:02 PM EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement: What it means for cross-Channel enforcement By Dominic Divivier Colin Raftery Andreas von Bonin Nick English Ole Schley +2 more... Show less The EU and the United Kingdom signed the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement on 25 February 2026 (Agreement), establishing a formal...
2/5/2026 6:25:31 PM Life Sciences Enforcement Testing the Boundaries of Competition Law By Kaylynn Moss Sean Norick Long Life sciences is a high-stakes sector where antitrust enforcement is testing the boundaries of competition law. The focus differs sharply...
1/23/2026 1:36:48 PM System re-boot: High Court turns up the voltage for UK energy appeals By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Kritika Rampal Leonie Sage +1 more... Show less On 22 January 2026, the English High Court delivered an important judgment for companies and investors in UK regulated infrastructure. ...
1/20/2026 8:19:18 PM UK Government Heralds Major Changes to UK Merger Control Regime By James Aitken Colin Raftery On 20 January 2026, the UK government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK merger control regime. The proposals are, once...
1/13/2026 11:26:27 AM New EU FSR Guidelines: What Changed, What Still Hurts, and How to Prepare By Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Justyna Smela Wolski Elena Baum +3 more... Show less The European Commission (Commission) has now published its Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). These...
12/8/2025 9:47:42 AM A decade of enforcement: Hong Kong's competition landscape in 2025 By Ninette Dodoo Tim Mak Ziqi Zhou A summary of the seminar jointly hosted by Freshfields and the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. On 6 November 2025, Rasul Butt,...
11/10/2025 9:19:12 AM ECJ ruling on leniency statements: balancing cooperation and transparency By Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger In its 30 October 2025 judgment in Case C-2/23 (Baugesellschaft), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified how far the protection of...
9/17/2025 12:04:19 PM The European Commission Issues First-Ever Fine for Providing Incomplete Information in Antitrust Investigation By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Tine Rasmussen On 8 September 2025, the European Commission (EC) announced a €172,000 fine on Eurofield SAS (Eurofield) and Unanime Sport SAS (Unanime...
8/4/2025 2:56:01 PM Minority Stakes and No-Poach Agreements in the Crosshairs of the European Commission and French Competition Authority By Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Dominic Divivier Jan Jeram Elaine Pajeot Henri Putman +2 more... Show less On 25 July 2025, the European Commission (EC) published its decision (adopted in June) sanctioning Delivery Hero and Glovo for...
7/23/2025 9:04:35 AM European Commission Says Leniency Returns – How DG COMP Tries to Rebalance Detection and Incentives By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger +1 more... Show less After years of declining leniency applications, the European Commission is now reporting a notable recovery. In a recent episode of the...
7/16/2025 8:01:04 AM EU Steps Up on Algorithmic Pricing Cartels, Joining the US and Other Jurisdictions By Tobias Klose Bruce McCulloch Uta Itzen Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger +3 more... Show less Until recently, some compliance departments may have treated algorithmic pricing more as a theoretical antitrust risk in the EU – a topic...
7/10/2025 9:33:36 AM No Safe Harbour: EU Court Confirms Antitrust Risks in Capital Markets Communications By Tobias Klose Uta Itzen Dominic Divivier Frank Felgentraeger +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the General Court handed down its decision in T-188/24 – Michelin v Commission (currently only available in French) which is...