1/20/2021 12:11:03 PM What can the UK learn from Japan’s foreign investment regime? By Marjorie Holmes In our latest client alert, we take a detailed look at the key differences between the Japanese foreign investment regime and the newly...
11/26/2020 3:39:54 PM The UK’s new National Security and Investment Bill – what do you need to know? By Ross Mackenzie Prajakt Samant Marjorie Holmes Simone Goligorsky Vaibhav Adlakha Nadia Macci +3 more... Show less In our latest client alert, we provide a practical overview of the UK’s recently published National Security and Investment Bill, which...
11/24/2020 5:00:01 PM Does competition law have a role in achieving a greener economy? By Geert Goeteyn Under what conditions can competition law be a force that is enabling, rather than obstructive? We examine how competition law may be a...
10/13/2020 12:12:01 PM The new EU FDI screening rules are now fully in force – what are the key features that you should know about? By Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Yves Melin Isabelle Rahman Max Seuster Jin Woo Kim +3 more... Show less The EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation introduces the first EU-wide foreign investment screening cooperation mechanism and...
9/15/2020 4:51:24 PM Non-luxury brands can ban resale on third-party platforms By Michaela Westrup Tilman Siebert Corinna Kammerer As the Amsterdam Court of Appeal recently confirmed in Action Sport v Nike (decision of 14 July 2020, ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2020:2004), the...
9/2/2020 3:18:26 PM Price gouging during COVID-19: what’s happening in the APAC region? By Dora Wang Asha Sharma As part of Reed Smith’s three -part global price gouging podcast series, this week our regulatory enforcement lawyers Dora Wang and Asha...
8/18/2020 10:11:35 AM Regulatory aspects of investing in Germany – German legislator further extends foreign investment control regime By Tilman Siebert Corinna Kammerer On 18 June 2020, the German Parliament agreed to further rules on tightening foreign investment control by adopting the First Act on the...
7/13/2020 1:00:56 PM Towards a new definition of ‘relevant market’ in competition law? By Lucile Chneiweiss Geert Goeteyn Marc Lévy Natasha Tardif +1 more... Show less The European Commission is contemplating changes to its 23-year-old Market Definition Notice. To this end, on 26 June 2020, the...
6/30/2020 4:10:21 PM The EC’s White Paper on Foreign Subsidies and what it means for M&A deals and foreign subsidised companies operating in the EU By Christian Filippitsch Yves Melin Max Seuster In our recent client alert, we take a look at the European Commission’s proposed new toolbox to intervene where foreign subsidies could...
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...
6/17/2020 9:26:29 AM EU Commission seeks to add new tools to tackle digital markets By Lucile Chneiweiss Emma Weeden On 2 June 2020, the European Commission published an inception impact assessment regarding possible new tools to tackle structural...
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...
3/26/2020 9:57:35 PM 1-800 Contacts Sets Sights on Reversal of Judgement in Anticompetitive Advertising Case By John Feldman Andrew Bernasconi On March 5, 2020, contact lens distributor 1-800 Contacts presented arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...