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…
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…
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…
The assessment of efficiencies has been among the most contested topics in the review of the European Commission’s Merger Guidelines. Under the existing framework, efficiency claims have proved…
BackgroundBrazilian merger control has no express de minimis exception for foreign-to-foreign transactions. In 2026, CADE tested – and ultimately rejected – an attempt to create one through case…
Before the Commission published its draft guidelines on the assessment of mergers under the EU Merger Regulation (the Draft Guidelines), Executive Vice-President (EVP) Teresa Ribera highlighted the…
The EU General Court has handed down two significant judgments clarifying the boundaries of the European Commission’s powers to issue requests for information (RFIs) in merger control proceedings…
On 15th January 2026, the Office for Competition within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (“Malta NCA”) published a request for consultation on its proposed changes (“Consultation”…
IntroductionIreland’s national competition authority, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”), has recently increased scrutiny of mergers using Assessments (i.e. a Statement of…
