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5/27/2025 10:59:09 AM

Greece enters the FDI screening arena: What the new law means for investors

By Alexandra Rogers Angelos Vlazakis

On 22 May 2025, the Hellenic Parliament adopted Law 5202/2025 establishing a national screening mechanism for foreign direct investments...

5/15/2025 8:31:51 AM

Late payments under Polish Competition Authority scrutiny: Is your company compliant?

By Wojciech Janik

For many companies, the end of April signifies a period of intense review of payment practices, culminating in the April 30 deadline for...

5/9/2025 8:36:59 AM

Summer reading arrived early: European Commission aims for balancing act in its review of merger guidelines

By Alexandra Rogers Sabine Holinde

On May 8, the European Commission launched a public consultation to formally initiate the review of its EU merger guidelines. With this...

4/17/2025 3:26:12 PM

Competition Policy and the Clean Industrial Deal: Let’s be friends

By Alexandra Rogers Jay Modrall

European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera has her work cut out for her. As Commissioner for a Clean, Just and...

4/8/2025 10:39:06 AM

CJEU ruling: Parent company’s domicile may have jurisdiction in competition damages litigation

By Alexandra Rogers Angelos Vlazakis

A recent ruling has provided competition damage claimants with an advantageous option to sue in a parent company’s jurisdiction, while...

4/4/2025 10:23:00 AM

UOKiK exempts from the merger notification obligation extraterritorial JVs with no effect on the Polish market

By Alexandra Rogers Tim Schaper Agnieszka Braciszewska +2 more...

This article has been updated to account for changes to UOKiK’s guidance published on 2 April 2025. On 25 October 2024 and 2 April 2025,...

3/27/2025 5:35:52 PM

FSR improvements coming?

By Jay Modrall

The European Commission is working on guidelines under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which it must publish by January 2026,...

3/13/2025 12:45:12 PM

CMA asks for input on merger remedies approach and releases new Mergers Charter

By Ian Giles

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new Mergers Charter and launched a call for evidence on its approach to...

1/7/2025 9:36:34 AM

Navigating UK competition law: What should you expect in 2025?

By Caroline Thomas Mark Daniels

As the clock ticked past midnight on New Year’s Eve, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had extra reason to celebrate. The...

12/20/2024 11:14:13 AM

German Federal Government unveils proposals for modernizing EU competition law

By Tim Schaper Jens Steger Violetta Bourt +2 more...

Competition wish-list for the new Commission suggests better alignment with German Federal Government Recent months have sparked...

12/18/2024 4:26:28 PM

Our ultimate (but digestible) guide to EU antitrust for 2025

By Alexandra Rogers Sabine Holinde

An eventful year for competition law developments is drawing to a close. 2024 presented us with a new European Commission (EC), the...

12/4/2024 9:25:08 AM

Fashion faux pas! Pierre Cardin and its distributor Ahlers fined for carving up the EU internal market through anticompetitive licensing agreements

By Alexandra Rogers Matej Ovecka

On 28 November 2024, the European Commission (EC) fined French fashion house Pierre Cardin and one of its licensees – Ahlers Group – EUR...