1/3/2023 3:34:42 PM EU introduces foreign subsidy control By Max Seuster Christian Filippitsch On 23 December 2022, the EU published the final text of its new regime to fight foreign subsidies distorting the internal market. The...
12/6/2022 2:56:14 PM What do you need to know about national security and investment notifications? By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Michaela Hanzelova +2 more... Show less According to a recent report issued by the department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Investment Security Unit...
10/28/2022 3:28:58 PM What does the CMA’s response to DCMS pro-innovation approach mean in practice? By Cynthia O'Donoghue Marjorie Holmes Alexander Pierce Vaibhav Adlakha Michaela Hanzelova +2 more... Show less The Competition & Markets Authority (‘CMA’) recently published its response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’s...
9/29/2021 10:19:40 PM FTC reevaluates merger filing rules By Michelle Mantine Courtney Averbach The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has issued new guidance relating to the merger filing process. Effective...
6/4/2021 9:16:38 AM As a multi-agency pharmaceutical task force emerges now is the time for pharmaceutical companies to shape merger control policy By Ross Mackenzie Michelle Mantine Isabelle Rahman Following a period of relative leniency for pharmaceutical companies, a Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force formed by key...
5/11/2021 1:08:46 PM The European Commission increases intervention in M&A deals in the EU By Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Isabelle Rahman Max Seuster +1 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) recently revealed a major change in merger policy affecting cross-border M&A deals in Europe. The new...
2/9/2021 2:11:51 PM What will post-Brexit competition law enforcement look like? By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Dimitrios Pittas +2 more... Show less The EU and UK have very similar systems of competition law enforcement however Brexit has given the UK a degree of autonomy and the...
12/4/2020 4:31:27 PM The COVID-19 pandemic and competition law challenges By Ross Mackenzie Marjorie Holmes Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less The Competition and Markets Authority continues to assert that competition rules have and will continue to apply fully throughout the...
9/17/2020 5:46:24 PM DOJ’s Antitrust Division makes significant updates to Merger Remedies Manual By Michelle Mantine Christopher Brennan Keely Dulaney The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division updated its Merger Remedies Manual for the first time in more than a decade. The updates...
8/11/2020 12:35:16 PM Amazon/Deliveroo – when small shareholdings can lead to big issues By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Celine Collis +2 more... Show less At a Glance: The CMA’s conclusion that it has jurisdiction to review Amazon’s 16% shareholding in Deliveroo serves as a reminder that...
6/25/2020 10:45:02 AM Foreign investment: the UK’s approach By Marjorie Holmes Peter Teare Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Catriona Casha +3 more... Show less As the UK takes steps to introduce new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, it is important for investors from outside the UK or EU to...
6/15/2020 4:55:55 PM COVID-19 puts predatory acquisitions in the antitrust crosshairs of U.S. government By William Sheridan Gregory Vose As businesses continue to deal with the repercussions of extended lockdowns, the U.S. government is on the lookout for enterprises that...
6/11/2020 10:30:07 AM COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the extension of foreign investment control in Germany with regard to transactions in the health care sector By Tilman Siebert Corinna Kammerer The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy implemented further amendments to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance...
5/22/2020 9:09:09 AM German lawmakers adopt temporary amendments to the German Competition Act to mitigate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in competition law By Tilman Siebert Michaela Westrup Corinna Kammerer On 14 May 2020, the German Parliament adopted temporary amendments to the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC) to mitigate...
4/1/2020 2:30:05 PM How are competition law authorities responding to the unfolding COVID-19 crisis? By Marjorie Holmes Marc Lévy Natasha Tardif Vaibhav Adlakha Courtney Averbach Lucile Chneiweiss Corinna Kammerer Emma Weeden Saint Martin +6 more... Show less With COVID-19 sweeping across the globe, competition law authorities and legislative bodies across the world are having to act quickly...
2/17/2020 3:31:55 PM Indy 500 or your next merger review? Assistant Attorney General Delrahim’s recent remarks on the merger landscape explain why the answer might not be what you expected By Michelle Mantine Matthew Caplan On February 5, 2020, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim spoke at the Media Institute on the current merger review landscape (see...