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...
7/3/2024 10:08:02 AM EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez In the wake of the recent European elections, the EU27 Heads of State and Government have finalised allocating the influential EU top...
6/28/2024 12:45:51 PM Thou shalt not settle? Servier – the European Court of Justice’s Latest Chapter In the “Pay for Delay” Saga By Bola Ajayi Tone Oeyen Dr. Christopher Stothers Rod Carlton Enrica Schaefer Philipp Baschenhof +3 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Servier on 27 June 2024, agreeing with Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
6/14/2024 6:37:33 PM EU to impose special tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles By Arne Constantin-Krawinkel Lorand Bartels In a press release of 12 June 2024, the European Commission (‘Commission’) announced its provisional conclusion that the battery electric...
6/11/2024 1:56:35 PM The UK’s digital roadmap: CMA consults on draft digital markets guidance By Rikki Haria Martin Dickson Saif Gilani Within minutes of the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the DMCC Act) receiving Royal Assent on the evening of 24...