On October 12, 2023, the European Commission (EC) ordered Illumina to unwind its already completed acquisition of the cancer-test provider GRAIL Inc. This is the first time that the EC has ordered a reversal of an...more
On 20 April 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted a package of measures to “simplify” its merger control procedures. The reform expands the scope of the EU’s simplified merger control procedure, introduces a new...more
On March 26, 2021, the European Commission (EC) published the findings of its recent evaluation of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of European Union (EU) merger control. The key result is a change in the EC’s policy...more
In the wake of the Facebook/WhatsApp deal, Germany and Austria amended their respective competition laws in 2017 and supplemented the traditional turnover threshold test for pre-merger control notification with a...more
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Austria ,
Competition ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Facebook ,
Germany ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
WhatsApp