The euro trended higher on Monday, with the single currency able to shrug off some underwhelming German data. Meanwhile, the pound is trading sideways so far this morning, with GBP/EUR flat at €1.1817 and GBP/USD stable...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11517 - CKI / CKA / Phoenix Energy) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11084 - SMRP / SAS Autosytemtechnik)...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11397 - OJI / Walki) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11450 - Worxinvest / GIMV)...more
COMPETITION - Action brought on 5 February 2024 - Coöperatieve Rabobank Vs. Commission - Case T-57/24 Re: annulment of Commission Decision C(2023) 7811 of 22 November 2023 relating to proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and...more
COMPETITION - - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11420 - Blackstone / Vista / Adapt2)... - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11411 - BPIFrance / Meridiam / Exoes)...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11211 - Georg Fischer / Uponor) - Commission clears acquisition of Nexity Lamy and Oralia Partenaires by Bridgepoint (M.11447) - Midday Express...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11309 - Kingspan / NWG) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11376 - Onex / R&Q Accredited)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11317 - OEP Hitch / EMC / CBM) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11385 Permira / Blackstone / Adevinta)...more
COMPETITION - Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed (See CPR No.28/2024 - Order of the President of the General...more
The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on a possible digital euro. The EU is considering introducing a digital euro for retail payments, which would be available alongside cash. A decision has not yet...more
United Kingdom: HM Treasury consults on regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins On 7 January 2021 HM Treasury (HMT) published a combined consultation paper and call for evidence on the regulatory approach to...more
A new report explores the advantages, impacts, and approaches the Eurosystem is considering as it contemplates a digital currency. In October 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a Report on a Digital Euro (the...more
El Equipo de Enfoque de Venezuela de Holland & Knight lo invita a leer nuestra Actualización de Venezuela, en la que discutimos las últimas noticias, tendencias y desarrollos en Venezuela que afectan los intereses de las...more
Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors....more
Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more
On December 5, 2018, the Commission adopted a Communication and a Recommendation on a stronger international role of the euro, following President’s Juncker State of the Union address in September 2018, in which he...more
Tesla’s hoping that a manufacturing plant in China—the first in the country wholly owned by a foreign manufacturing company—will translate into big sales in the Chinese market. With the Chinese government loath to give up the...more
Local-TV powerhouse Sinclair Broadcast Group isn’t all that well known outside of the Baltimore area, but it’s making a big play for the national stage as it nears a deal to buy Tribune Media—the former “Tribune empire’s...more
Portées des Q&A des AES - Le 21 mars 2017 la Commission Européen a lancé une consultation intitulée « Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities ». ...more
The Fed wrapped up its Open Market Committee meeting yesterday without any change in interest rates but with an expression of confidence in the economy, despite Q1’s sub-1 percent growth figure (which it dubbed “transitory”)....more
The Times gives us an intriguing long read on Uber’s Travis Kalanick, the controversial CEO whose vision has helped propel the ride-hailing company even as his no-limits approach has led the company into months of crisis....more
While Wall Street’s been waiting with bated breath for the big Snap IPO, Jose Cuervo (yes, that Jose Cuervo, via parent company Becle) has briefly stolen a bit of its public offering thunder with its plans to sell shares on...more
Zara USA, Inc., the affiliate of the Spanish fashion retailer, has been hit with a class action lawsuit in federal court in California advancing a relatively simple and novel set of theories. Rose v. Zara USA, Inc....more
The Supreme Court issued an important opinion on June 20, 2016, regarding the extraterritorial reach of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) that may have real-world implications for companies...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is releasing a rule today that will ban consumer financial services providers from “prohibiting customers, through contracts with mandatory arbitration clauses, from filing or joining...more