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...
1/13/2026 2:10:51 PM The year ahead in financial services: 12 trends to watch in 2026 By Christopher Bernard Sharon Grennan 2025 was another transformative year for the financial services industry. Geopolitical risks arising from conflicts in Ukraine and...
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...
9/2/2025 10:51:53 AM Is Syria Open for Business? | Due Diligence in M&A Transactions By Saad Mian Zara Merali André van Zyl Gow Andrea Pandazopoulos +1 more... Show less The marked easing of economic sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024 is ushering in a new...
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...
6/24/2025 3:46:10 PM Roadmap for EU Defence Consolidation: Guidance on M&A and State aid in the EU Commission’s Defence Readiness Omnibus By Andreas von Bonin Thomas Janssens Katharina Kunert Edward Dean Conor Leavy +2 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) recently unveiled its Defence Readiness Omnibus (the Omnibus), an initiative designed to reduce regulatory...
5/15/2025 11:42:41 AM Time to catch up: EU reopens the rulebook on mergers and seeks feedback By Paul van den Berg Mary Lehner Colin Raftery Jan Jeram Tuna Tanik Koo Asakura Emily Strickland Jonas Levermann +5 more... Show less Mounting pressure to refresh merger guidelines When the European Commission (Commission) introduced its first guidelines on the...
5/5/2025 3:35:13 PM German Election #8 – What real estate investors need to know about the new coalition agreement By Timo Elsner Julia Haas Gerrit Beckhaus Niko Schultz-Süchting Jan Matauschek +2 more... Show less In Germany, a new administration is about to come into office following the 2025 federal elections. Friedrich Merz, leader of 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 3:06:50 PM German Election #1: Dedicated Briefings and Overviews By Alex Schmidtke On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the...
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...
7/26/2024 7:39:40 PM Foreign Subsidies Regulation: The European Commission's guidance on assessing market distortions By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Fabian Bickel Justyna Smela Wolski Maxim Betivu +3 more... Show less More than one year after the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) started to apply, many elements of the EC’s substantive assessment...