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...
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...