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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mandatory Notification Obligations Under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation Kick In: Are You Ready?

Starting today, October 12, 2023, the mandatory notification requirements under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) apply. M&A deals involving businesses that (i) have been granted certain levels of financial support...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Notification Obligations Under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Enter into Force Today

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The obligation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)[1] to report M&A transactions involving parties which have benefited from foreign financial contributions enters into force today. This creates an additional...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) Has Now Taken Effect

The new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has now finally taken effect. Under the FSR the European Commission (EC) will have new powers to intervene against distortions to competition in the EU internal market caused by...more

K&L Gates LLP

Somewhat More Clarity on the Reach of the New Foreign Subsidies Regulation

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European Commission Provides Guidance in Question and Answer - As of 12 October 2023, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) will require businesses intending to undertake substantial mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or...more

A&O Shearman

EU draft Foreign Subsidies implementing regulation sets out far-reaching notification requirements

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

An Addition to the European Commission’s Toolbox

On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR or the “Regulation”), a new legislative tool designed to prevent foreign subsidies from distorting competition in the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EU Net Short Position Disclosure Threshold Lowered to 0.1% from 31 January 2022

The European Commission has published rules to permanently lower the initial net short position reporting threshold from 0.2 per cent to 0.1 per cent under the EU Short Selling Regulation (EU SSR). The lower disclosure...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EU Net Short Position Disclosure Threshold Lowered to 0.1%

The European Commission has revised rules to permanently lower the net short position reporting threshold from 0.2 per cent to 0.1 per cent under the EU Short Selling Regulation (“EU SSR”). The net short position notification...more

TransPerfect Legal

How to Navigate the EU Merger Notification Process in the Big Data Era

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The creation, storage and importance of data snowballs daily. And this data has a direct impact on the merger control process and the timely completion of large-scale M&A transactions. As more data is created, it has a...more

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UK Conduct Regulator Consults on STS Notifications under Onshored Securitization Regulation

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on draft technical standards on the content and format of STS notifications under the U.K.'s onshored Securitization Regulation. The consultation closes on...more

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Transaction "Designed" to Evade Merger Control Leads to U.S. and EU Penalties

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The Development: Antitrust authorities in the United States and European Union have assessed penalties and fines against Canon, and in the United States, Toshiba, for structuring a transaction to avoid premerger notification...more

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An Assessment and Comparison of New TSCA and REACH

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Passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, or "New Toxic Substances Control Act," introduces a number of changes to regulations for the collection and assessment of information concerning...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Switzerland Intends to Require Notification of Fibrous Nanomaterials Placed on the Market

On September 29, 2017, Switzerland notified the European Commission (EC) of a draft amendment to the Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations. The notification states that the Ordinance on...more

Dechert LLP

Gun-jumping and incomplete notifications: the European Commission pursues several more infringements of EU merger control rules

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The European Commission announced that it sent statement of objections to Merck KGaA, Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric and Canon for alleged breaches of EU merger control rules on 6 July. Merck, Sigma Aldrich and GE have been...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Commission Asserts Broad Power to Scrutinize Transactions Involving Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

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EC decision considering the control over SOEs may have far-reaching implications for future transactions of all Chinese SOEs in Europe. In its recent decision in Case COMP/M.7850 - EDF / CGN / NNB Group of Companies, the...more

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German Court: Google’s Gmail Is a Regulated Telecoms Service

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For the past five years, Google and the German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA), have been arguing whether Google’s email service Gmail qualifies as a telecommunications...more

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