Mergers, Competition, Italy

Antitrust in focus - April 2024

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2024

Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more

A step-change in merger control and antitrust enforcement in Italy

A&O Shearman on 9/2/2022

IAA granted significant new powers under Italian Annual Market and Competition Law 2021....more

Italian Merger Control Thresholds Update - March 2021

White & Case LLP on 3/23/2021

Today, the Italian Competition Authority updated its merger control turnover thresholds. Effective today, 22 March 2021, Section 16(1) of Law no. 287 of 10 October 1990 requires prior notification of all mergers and...more

EU & Competition Law Update - February 2018

BCLP on 2/14/2018

Does the EU’s Qualcomm fine represent efficient justice? As widely reported, on 24 January 2018, the EU Commission fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its dominant position in LTE baseband chipsets....more

Update: Italian Parliament approves the new National Merger Filing Thresholds

K&L Gates LLP on 8/9/2017

On 2 August 2017, the Italian Parliament has adopted the Italian Competition Law, following a complex and long legislative procedure. As already reported, an intense debate surrounded the discussion and the approval of the...more

OECD: Italy Should Approve its Proposed Competition Legislation ‘Swiftly’, Including the Reform of the National Merger Filing...

K&L Gates LLP on 2/23/2017

On 15 February 2017, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) published its economic survey of Italy. Among other things, the 156 page report recommends that Italy passes its proposed competition...more