The General Court of the European Union delivered a blow to the European Commission in fully annulling its Qualcomm (exclusivity payments) decision of 2018 and a EUR 997 million fine. Qualcomm v Commission1 is the first...more
6/17/2022
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Apple ,
Business Disputes ,
Business Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Due Process ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreclosure ,
Qualcomm ,
Right of Access ,
Third-Party
On 2 June 2020, the European Commission published its roadmap on the possible introduction of a ‘new competition tool’ that would allow it to initiate market investigations into perceived structural competition problems, with...more
White & Case LLP argued the last successful fully-fledged "failing firm defence" case in Aegean/Olympic II in 2013. Our lawyers Assimakis Komninos and Jan Jeram, who acted in that case, with the help of Iakovos Sarmas1,...more
4/17/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
European Commission ,
Failing Firm Defense ,
Financial Distress ,
Global Economy ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Insolvency ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers