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Grant Murray (Baker & McKenzie)

Designing AI Agents for EU Antitrust Compliance: From Public Distancing to Machine Distancing

October 16, 2026

Commentary on ‘AI and corporate responsibility’ generally concludes that businesses must understand the technology they deploy and mitigate its risk. This article reaches the same conclusion by a…

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Marko Jakšić (Schönherr)

The show must go on (independently): Live Nation's acquisition of Pukkelpop and behavioral commitments under the Towercast doctrine

October 15, 2026

In a press release dated 11 September, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) announced that it had concluded its investigation into Live Nation's intended acquisition of Pukkelpop, one of Belgium's…

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Clara-Andreea Strambianu

Facts Available, Reasons Required: The FSR Meets China's Blocking Order

October 14, 2026

China has prohibited cooperation with the European Commission's investigation, under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), into JD.com's proposed acquisition of CECONOMY. By an order of 19 August…

Mehmet Salan, Celal Duruhan Aydınlı, Berk Emre Cicos (ACTECON)

Cement Consolidation in Eastern Anatolia: TCA Grants Conditional Clearance to the Kars–Arkoz Merger

October 13, 2026

I.IntroductionOn 14.09.2026, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) published its reasoned version of its 11.11.2025 decision on the acquisition of Kars Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Kars…

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Santiago León Gómez (Leongomez Law Firm)

Judicial Review of Investigative Powers Exercised by the Colombian Competition Authority (SIC). What to Expect in 2026.

October 12, 2026

IntroductionThe Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled in 2019 that no court order is needed for dawn raids conducted by the Colombian Competition Authority (the SIC) however it let left open exactly…

Kasia Czapracka (White & Case, Belgium), Michael Engel, Marc Israel (White & Case), Guiseppe Tantulli, Nina Frie

When market leadership becomes a merger control liability: What the General Court's Booking/eTraveli judgment means for M&A Strategy

October 9, 2026

The EU General Court has upheld the European Commission's first-ever prohibition of a conglomerate merger based purely on so-called "ecosystem" or entrenchment concerns, confirming that a dominant…

Metin Pektaş, Oğuzhan Açıkgöz (NAZALI)

From Traditional MFNs to MFN-Type Arrangements: The Turkish Competition Authority’s Effects-Based Approach

October 2, 2026

IntroductionMost-favoured-customer/most-favoured-nation clauses (“MFN clauses”) are contractual mechanisms through which a supplier undertakes not to offer the counterparty less favourable terms than…