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Review of the EU Merger Guidelines - The First Step

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/28/2025

The European Commission has launched a public consultation seeking feedback on its ongoing review of the 20+-year-old EU merger guidelines....more

EU top court delivers a blow to the European Commission’s approach on Article 22 below-threshold referrals

White & Case LLP on 9/6/2024

The Court of Justice of the EU (the Court) has overturned the General Court’s judgment in Illumina/Grail, effectively putting an end to the EC’s revised Article 22 policy approach for below-threshold mergers. Under this...more

General Court Upholds European Commission’s Power to Review Illumina-Grail

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/29/2022

In Illumina v Commission, the General Court has confirmed the authority of the European Commission (EC) under Article 22 EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) to examine a transaction that does not have a European dimension, but which...more

Movement Towards a New European Foreign Investment Control Tool to Protect European Strategic Assets?

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/14/2021

After reinforcing its control over foreign direct investments over the past year, the European Commission adopted on 5 May 2021 a draft regulation that aims to close a regulatory loophole by addressing distortions of...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - October 2020

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/26/2020

JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE - UNITED STATES- Mergers and acquisitions in the United States appear to be bouncing back after a muted start to the year due to COVID-19. Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings in Q3 2020 were up...more

Shearman & Sterling Responds to the EC Market Definition Notice Consultation

A&O Shearman on 10/12/2020

In her first speech upon being reappointed as Competition Commissioner, Commissioner Vestager announced that a review would be undertaken of the Commission’s Market Definition Notice (the “Notice”); the consultation on that...more

EU Competition Law Considerations in M&A Transactions in Light of Recent Enforcement Trends: When Procedural Breaches Present...

K&L Gates LLP on 3/26/2020

The five-year plan for the 2019-2024 European Commission (EC) is now underway. In a time of change, a deliberate consideration of the rules enshrined in the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) seems to be the focus of much attention....more

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