The EU Commission presented the long-awaited European Economic Security Package ("EESP"), a toolkit to ramp-up European action in investment, trade and research in the face of rising geopolitical tensions, geo-economic...more
Foreign investment control has become a key factor in M&A deals and 2020 was a particularly eventful year. A large number of countries have recently introduced foreign investment control regimes (or tightened their existing...more
1/26/2021
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Foreign investment control has become a key factor in M&A deals and 2020 has been an eventful year. A large number of economies have introduced foreign investment control regimes or tightened their existing rules....more
12/4/2020
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Acquisition Agreements ,
Foreign Investment ,
Germany ,
Innovative Technology ,
Merger Agreements ,
Microchip Technology ,
National Security ,
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Software ,
Supply Chain
For M&A transactions in Germany and beyond, Foreign Investment Control screenings have become an indispensable standard element to assess when structuring deals and planning for regulatory review. Similarly to merger control,...more
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Autumn's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter.
Algorithms in the spotlight of antitrust authorities -
Joint study by the...more
12/10/2019
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Belgium ,
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EU ,
Germany ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Luxembourg ,
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Netherlands ,
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Public Procurement Policies ,
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Virtually all industries are being reshaped with the use of Artificial Intelligence and advanced machine-learning.
Everything from healthtech to self-driving vehicles, to education and smart homes, drones and space, social...more
4/4/2018
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Asia Pacific ,
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Export Controls ,
FinTech ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Robotics ,
Satellites ,
Smart Devices ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
First come, first served. That’s not the principle behind the clearance of Bitcoin transactions. Equally for other blockchain technology networks, the relevant factor to get a transaction on the next available block is not...more
11/30/2017
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Competition ,
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
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Net Neutrality ,
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Statute of Limitations ,
Transportation Industry
On Tuesday 14 November the Hogan Lovells DSM Taskforce (our dedicated pan-EU team of lawyers tracking the Commission’s DSM strategy) had its annual live meeting in Brussels to discuss the progress of the implementation of the...more
First come, first served. That’s not the principle behind the clearance of Bitcoin transactions. Equally for other blockchain technology networks, the relevant factor to get a transaction on the next available block is not...more
11/7/2017
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Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Competition ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
FCC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
First Amendment ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
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The European Union (EU) has recently proposed new rules establishing a framework for the review of foreign investments in the EU on the grounds of security or public order (“Commission Proposal”)....more
On 6 October, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) launched its new series of papers on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy”. The first paper deals with “Big Data and Competition”. ...more
To regulate or not to regulate: This question becomes relevant for the sharing economy after last week’s European Parliament resolution calling for clear EU guidelines on the collaborative economy. The resolution is a...more