This alert highlights the key aspects of prohibited practices under Article 5 of the AI Act, identifies critical risks, offers actionable compliance insights and highlights enforcement mechanisms to ensure businesses remain...more
On January 15, 2025, the European Commission (EC) issued a non-binding recommendation “calling on EU Member States to review outbound investments” in certain strategic sectors. The primary goal of the recommendation is to...more
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On 29 October 2024, the U.K. Government and the European Union formally concluded a technical negotiation in relation to cooperation between the U.K. and the EU with respect to competition investigations (the Cooperation...more
The recently enacted EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) grants the European Commission investigative powers on foreign subsidies that may distort competition in the EU internal market. The FSR imposes suspensory filing...more
Companies looking at M&A deals with an EU exposure, or preparing to respond to an EU public tender, will face a new regulatory constraint as the European Commission has enacted its long awaited (and criticised) Foreign...more
“Digital regulation” is a legislative concept and trend which has grown exponentially in recent years and looks set to develop for many more years to come....more