Join the Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition team on Thursday, September 30, 2021 where we will discuss the new challenges of cross-border merger reviews, including heightened scrutiny across a number of regimes.
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9/2/2021
/ Best Practices ,
China ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
Life Sciences ,
Member State ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
Webinars
New measures, announced on 21 June 2020, will allow the UK Government to intervene in relation to transactions involving businesses with "critical capabilities" to help combat public health emergencies, such as...more
The first State aid measures authorized by the European Commission (Commission) following the COVID-19 outbreak were aimed at helping companies to cover their immediate liquidity needs, mainly through bank loans guaranteed by...more
The current COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges on our public health systems and communities. It is also heavily impacting economic activity, including for companies in the midst of M&A or joint venture...more
Competition/antitrust laws generally require rival firms to operate on the market independently of each other and tolerate cooperation between competitors only in limited circumstances where any resulting loss of competition...more
The UK's departure from the EU on 31 January has initiated an 11 month transition period, during which the application of EU competition law in the UK will remain largely unchanged. Thus the EU rules governing mergers will...more
3/16/2020
/ Competition ,
Covered Transactions ,
EFTA ,
EU ,
EUMR ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Withdrawal Agreement
The Court of Justice of the European Union recently issued a landmark judgment that will affect distribution and online sales in particular in the consumer goods and digital sectors....more
12/11/2017
/ Chain of Distribution ,
Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Internet ,
Online Platforms ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Third-Party ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
We welcome the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commission in its evaluation of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU merger control.
A NEW JURISDICTIONAL THRESHOLD -
We respond here to section...more
2/2/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Facebook ,
Google ,
Jurisdiction ,
Jurisdictional Determination (JD) ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Technology Sector ,
WhatsApp
First director disqualification: UK focus on pursuing individuals as well as companies for breach of competition law -
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has secured its first disqualification of a director of a...more
1/18/2017
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Governance ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Adviser ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Market Abuse ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)