27 Feb, 2024 Taking stock: Four months of notifications under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation - More than 150 cases and one Phase II investigation By Andreas von Bonin Paul van den Berg Merit Olthoff Martin McElwee Vanessa van Weelden Fabian Bickel Maxime Riethuisen +4 more... Show less The first months of notifications under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) have shown that more transactions and public...
15 Feb, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
30 Jan, 2024 Is It a Done Deal? Breach of Warranty Claims: How to Protect Your Position By Ali Kirby-Harris Emily Tilden-Smith Charlotte Dunn Post-closing disputes are on the rise. The post-covid M&A surge led to pressurised negotiations resulting, in some cases, in less due...
08 Dec, 2023 Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...
12 Jul, 2023 EU’s foreign subsidies regime officially kicks off – a new chapter for M&A and public procurement in the EU By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Martin McElwee Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Aytaç Çelebi Joanna Goyder +4 more... Show less On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published the much-awaited final version of the Implementing Regulation on...
26 Apr, 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,...
21 Mar, 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...
09 Jan, 2023 Employment, incentives and pensions: 10 things to look out for in 2023 By Amy Rentell 2022 was an extremely busy year for updates in the employment, incentives and pensions space. And as we move into a new year, there are...
22 Nov, 2022 UK Government accelerates major reforms to competition and consumer law regimes and digital regulation in a drive for supply side growth By James Aitken Andrew Austin Sarah Jensen Rikki Haria Kate Collister Sarah Mitchell +3 more... Show less The UK government has committed to bringing forward the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the Bill) in the current...
14 Nov, 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...
03 Nov, 2022 German approval of Chinese stake in Hamburg container terminal – a veto in disguise? By Frank Röhling Lara Steinbach Uwe Salaschek On 26 October, the German government partially prohibited the acquisition of a 35% interest in one of Hamburg port’s container terminals...
05 Jul, 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...