15 Feb, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
24 Jan, 2024 FDI Screening: EU Commission Unveils Draft Regulation To Revamp Europe’s FDI Screening Landscape By Juliane Hilf Alvaro Iza Petya Katsarska Thomas Lübbig Alastair Mordaunt Tone Oeyen Natalie Pettinger Kearney Frank Röhling Uwe Salaschek Ermelinda Spinelli Paul van den Berg Matthias Wahls +9 more... Show less On 24 January 2024, the European Commission (Commission) presented five new initiatives to advance “European economic security”. One of...
08 Nov, 2023 German antitrust reform enters into force – a paradigm shift towards a “competition law with claws and teeth”? By Thomas Lübbig Stefanie Engineer The 11th Amendment to the German Act of Restraints of Competition (ARC) entered into force on 7 November 2023, bringing far-reaching...
17 Jul, 2023 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanisms must respect fundamental freedoms: A Case built on Clay, Sand (and Gravel) By Thomas Lübbig Uwe Salaschek Matthias Wahls Weak cases sometimes make good law. On 13 July, the ECJ in Case C-106/22 held that: Except in specific circumstances, the EU FDI...
11 Jul, 2023 Germany Turning Up the Heat on Malfunctioning Markets (but which ones?) By Thomas Lübbig Mariusz Motyka-Mojkowski Malte Symann Marleen Franka Böhm Stefanie Engineer +2 more... Show less Lawmaking in Germany can be turbulent at times but the German Bundestag – i.e., the parliamentary groups of the ‘traffic light coalition’...
13 Jun, 2023 Antitrust & ESG: European Commission publishes its final guidelines for businesses collaborating to meet sustainability goals By Thomas Lübbig Sarah Jensen Maria Dreher-Lorje Ninette Dodoo Justin Chen +2 more... Show less 5 key takeaways On 1 June 2023, the European Commission published its final guidelines on how companies should self-assess agreements...
30 Mar, 2023 Unexpected amendments to EU guidance on abuse of dominance: back to the future? By James Aitken Thomas Lübbig Lucas Vanassche Cecilia Carli Joanna Goyder Killian Byrne +3 more... Show less In a surprise move, the European Commission has published a revised version of its 2008 guidance on enforcement priorities for abusive...
21 Mar, 2023 Court of Justice confirms yet another tool to tackle non-reportable M&A – but is it all bark and no bite? By Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell +2 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Towercast on 16 March 2023, confirming Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...