Apr 26, 2023 The wait is over: UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill introduced to Parliament By Sharon Malhi Michele Davis Karen Slaney Justin Chen +1 more... Show less After months of waiting, the UK government has now introduced into Parliament the text of the hotly anticipated Digital Markets,...
Mar 21, 2023 Court of Justice confirms yet another tool to tackle non-reportable M&A – but is it all bark and no bite? By Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell +2 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Towercast on 16 March 2023, confirming Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
Nov 14, 2022 Expanding the merger control toolkit - Is this the end of non-reportable M&A for firms that are deemed dominant? By Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell +2 more... Show less The question of how best to capture and test non-reportable acquisitions that are nonetheless deemed as meriting review is one the...
Sep 27, 2022 Competition law in uncertain times: a proposal for the 11th Amendment to Germany’s Competition Act By Uta Itzen Frank Röhling Thomas Lübbig Ole Schley Marleen Franka Böhm +2 more... Show less Only 20 months after the ink dried on Germany’s Competition Digitisation Act, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate...
Sep 15, 2022 Illumina/Grail: A Tale of Transatlantic Entropy By Thomas Lübbig Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Lauren Vaca Amaryllis Müller Karen Slaney +3 more... Show less This isn’t the first time we’ve written about this US-focused transaction in the innovative markets for next generation gene sequencing...
Jul 25, 2022 China publishes draft implementing rules for merger control regime under the new AML By Hazel Yin Ninette Dodoo Haoyang Zhuo Laurent Bougard +1 more... Show less Alongside China’s new Anti-Monopoly Law (the New AML, see our client briefing on the New AML here), which enters into force on 1 August...
Jul 05, 2022 It’s official: EU’s foreign subsidies regime on its way to become law By Merit Olthoff Laurent Bougard Aytaç Çelebi Pablo Artero Lines +1 more... Show less On 30 June 2022, the three institutions of the European Union (the Commission, the Parliament and the Council) announced their political...
Apr 21, 2022 UK Government publishes long-awaited reforms to the competition and consumer law regimes: key changes to competition and merger enforcement By Michele Davis Sarah Jensen Rikki Haria Fredrik Hellstrom Karen Slaney Caroline Ellard +3 more... Show less The UK Government’s extensive reforms to the competition and consumer law regimes follow a lengthy period of debate and consultation on...
Jul 01, 2020 European Commission launches public consultation on the Market Definition Notice By Klaus Kowalski James Aitken Alvaro Pliego Selie Amaryllis Müller +1 more... Show less On 26 June, the European Commission launched a public consultation on its Market Definition Notice. The public consultation forms an...
Jul 30, 2018 Altice - Commission guidance on gun-jumping By Thomas Wilson Gun-jumping relates to the pre-mature implementation of a transaction prior to obtaining clearance from the relevant competition...
Jun 04, 2018 EY / KPMG - The ECJ provides welcome guidance on the stand-still obligation in mergers By Thomas Wilson Speed readOn 31 May 2018, the EU’s Court of Justice (ECJ) gave judgment in the EY / KPMG case on whether the EU suspension obligation was...
Apr 27, 2018 Fines jump higher for "gun jumping" - European Commission fines Altice €124.5 million By Sneha Ramakrishnan With complex merger reviews now taking 6-15 months, buyers can face lengthy periods between signing and closing, when they bear...