2024 is shaping up to be a year of significant change in Brussels. European Parliamentary elections in June will be followed by the appointment of a new Commission in the autumn....more
1/29/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EUMR ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Jurisdiction ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Sustainability
Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more
5/27/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Sports ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On 15 December 2020, the European Commission released two much anticipated proposals for new regulations governing conduct in the digital space – the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) and the Digital Services Act (“DSA”).
These...more
BCLP’s global Antitrust & Competition team have been tracking the various ways COVID-19 is impacting antitrust enforcement, merger control, state aid and foreign direct investment rules ("FDI") in key jurisdictions around the...more
BCLP’s global Antitrust & Competition team have been tracking the various ways COVID-19 is impacting antitrust enforcement, merger control, state aid and foreign direct investment rules ("FDI") in key jurisdictions around the...more
7/6/2020
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Aid
BCLP’s global Antitrust & Competition team have been tracking the various ways COVID-19 is impacting antitrust enforcement, merger control, state aid and foreign direct investment rules ("FDI") in key jurisdictions around the...more
BCLP’s global Antitrust & Competition team have been tracking the various ways COVID-19 is impacting antitrust enforcement, merger control, state aid and foreign direct investment rules ("FDI") in key jurisdictions around the...more
On 17 April, the Competition and Markets Authority provisionally cleared Amazon’s acquisition of a minority shareholding and certain other rights in Deliveroo. This provisional decision highlights how the so-called “exiting...more
4/23/2020
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Investigations ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, competition agencies across the globe have been required to adjust their work patterns and re-allocate resources to the most urgent aspects of...more