If you (i) receive some form of financial support from foreign (non-EU) governments, and (ii) have activities or are planning to acquire a business in the EU, then you will want to read on....more
7/13/2022
/ Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
State Aid ,
State-Owned Enterprises
On September 24, 2019, the EU General Court (General Court) issued its long-awaited judgments in relation to the appeals brought against two European Commission (EC) decisions of 2015 concluding that tax rulings granted by...more
9/30/2019
/ Arm's Length Principle ,
Benchmarks ,
Business Profits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Taxes ,
European Commission ,
Fiat ,
General Court of the European Union (GCEU) ,
Luxembourg ,
Member State ,
Netherlands ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Starbucks ,
State Aid ,
Tax Litigation ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
On August 20, 2018, the U.K. government published further details of its negotiation position with the European Union on state aid post-Brexit. Three days later, it published guidance on state aid in case the U.K. leaves the...more
In recent years, the European Commission (EC) has been actively enforcing European Union state aid violations, an area of law that is unique to Europe but has wide-ranging implications for multinationals with investments in...more
9/20/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Investment ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Multinationals ,
State Aid ,
Tax Structuring