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On 23 June, the European Commission (“Commission”), following a Phase II investigation, unconditionally approved the acquisition by Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media”) of Dorna Sports, S.L. (“Dorna”) (Case M.11539,...more
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed its first ever fines under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple and Meta were fined for failing to comply with their respective obligations under the DMA,...more
On 2 June 2025, the European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participation in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. Notably, this marks not only the first time the Commission has...more
On 15 May 2025, Advocate General Emiliou issued his opinion in the Portuguese football no-poach case. The AG opinion is of particular interest given the European Commission's increased scrutiny of labour market related...more
2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11684 - Midea / Teka) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11821 - Segro / PSPIB / Real Estate Assets)...more
Demonstrating both increased cross-border collaboration and the adoption of novel theories of cartel violations, the European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, together with the U.S. competition...more
The firm is pleased to publish the May/June 2024 edition of the European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin, which breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe from the past two months into concise and actionable...more
As a new policy statement from the European Commission (EC) treats wage-fixing and no-poach agreements as inherently anticompetitive (restriction of competition “by object”) with few possible defences, companies should...more
The French Competition Authority (“FCA”) is committed to an “open door” policy to support companies wishing to pursue projects around sustainable development. Continuing its informal policy since 2020, the FCA has published a...more
Until now, the European Commission's (EC) antitrust focus on labour-related issues has been timid. This may soon change. The EC has recently published a policy brief on labour markets, explaining that in its view, wage-fixing...more
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Zoetis, a US animal health company, has acted in breach of the abuse of dominance rules by terminating development of a pipeline drug: when does...more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Fines Apple EUR 1.8 billion for Abusing Its Dominant Position in the Music Streaming Sector - On 4 March 2024, the European Commission (Commission) fined Apple EUR 1.8...more
Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more
The “European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
The last time the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) extensively dealt with the intersection between sports and EU competition law was more than seventeen years ago. In the meantime, the sports sector has massively...more
On September 27, 2023, the EU General Court (GC) rejected an appeal by Valve Corporation (Valve) of a January 2021 decision by the European Commission (Commission), which found that Valve and five PC video game publishers had...more
Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more
The ECJ’s recent preliminary ruling in C-211/22 - Super Bock Bebidas (“Super Bock”) is significant for businesses and competition authorities. It is well-established that categorisation of conduct as a ‘by object’...more
On June 1, 2023, the EU Commission (EC) adopted its New Horizontal Guidelines on the applicability of the EU’s prohibition of anticompetitive agreements (Art. 101 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)),...more
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on research & development agreements (R&D BER) and specialisation agreements (Specialisation BER) (jointly referred to as...more
On June 1, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted a revised legal framework that block-exempts research and development (R&D) and specialisation agreements between competitors from the prohibition of anticompetitive...more
In Short - The Situation: On 27 March 2023, the European Commission ("Commission") published a Communication amending its 2008 Guidance on enforcement priorities concerning exclusionary abuses ("amended 2008 Guidance...more
In the European Commission’s (EC’s) most significant policy shift on abuse of market dominance in 15 years, the authority published revised guidelines, heralding a shift away from the more economics-led approach that the...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Vivian Cao, partner at Allen & Overy Lang Yue, is our editor this month....more