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Jan 30, 2025

Personalities, Politics and Priorities – What’s New for M&A and EU Competition Law in 2025

It’s all change at the European Commission. Teresa Ribera has taken over the stewardship of DG COMP from Margrethe Vestager, alongside a wider brief including  environmental and social policy that…
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Jan 06, 2025

New Year, New UK merger control thresholds – key aspects of the DMCC go live

Key competition law and digital markets aspects of the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (“DMCC”), enforced by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), came into force on…
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Dec 17, 2024

The New European Commission – Teresa Ribera Takes Charge of Competition

The new European Commission, under Ursula von der Leyen for a second term, kicked off on 1 December 2024. Teresa Ribera is the new head of European Competition Policy. After Margrethe Vestager’s ten…
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Mar 26, 2024

Foreign Direct Investment: key recent and future developments in Europe and the US

At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order.…
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Jan 29, 2024

The Year Ahead For M&A Regulation In Brussels

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. After two terms and…
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Jul 13, 2023

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation Goes Live as the European Commission Finalises the Notification Requirements for Businesses

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force on 12 July 2023. Its M&A and public procurement notification regimes will go live on 12 October 2023. On 10 July 2023, the European…
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Jun 15, 2023

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - important changes to the UK's existing competition law

As we reported previously, on 25 April this year the UK Government introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers  Bill (“DMCC Bill”). Many of the headlines about the DMCC Bill have…
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May 09, 2023

The CMA’s Draft Sustainability Guidance

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its long-awaited draft guidance on sustainability agreements between competitors (the “Draft Guidance”). In doing so, it acknowledges…
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May 02, 2023

The UK Government’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill is published

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government published the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “Bill”). The legislative framework that will be provided for the Digital Markets…
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