In the context of a dawn raid under the EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation (FSR), the EU General Court (GC) has refused to suspend the European Commission (EC)’s request to access employees’ mailboxes located in China....more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Börries Ahrens, partner based in Hamburg, is our editor this month. He has selected:
Significant reforms to German...more
12/4/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Australia ,
Competition Act ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Cartel Offices ,
Germany ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Investment ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Saudi Arabia ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU, that could distort competition in EU markets.
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the...more
The 11th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (the Amendment) has been adopted on 6 July 2023 and will enter into effect following publication in the official journal, which is expected in the next...more
Most of the provisions of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) take effect on 12 July 2023. The European Commission (EC) has also now adopted its long-awaited Implementing Regulation (IR), which contains the notification...more
As we look ahead to the second half of 2023, the outlook for M&A remains complex. In the six months to the end of June, global deal value stood at USD1.2 trillion, around one-third of last year’s annual total.
...more
On 6 February 2023, the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on a draft implementing regulation (IR) which sets out procedural rules relating to the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)....more
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) empowers the European Commission (EC) to review and control subsidies granted by non-EU countries to companies active in the EU. The new rules, which start to apply from 12 July 2023,...more
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK) has proposed a small, but almost revolutionary 11th amendment of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition. It is expected to come into effect in early...more
The European Commission (Commission) has the power to order companies suspected of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour to stop their conduct pending a final decision in an investigation – so-called “interim measures”....more
This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Peter McDonald, partner based in Sydney, is our editor this month. ...more
This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Börries Ahrens, partner based in Hamburg, is our editor this month....more
7/2/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Cartel Office (the FCO) ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Mexico ,
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Wal-Mart
On 7 February 2019 the German antitrust authority (Bundeskartellamt) found that the extent to which Facebook collects, merges, attributes to and uses data in user accounts amounts to an abuse of a dominant position on the...more
The most important changes and their practical impact -
The EU antitrust damages directive (2014/104/EU) (the Damages Directive) should in fact have been transposed into national law by the end of 2016—however, the ninth...more