Mergers

On 28 November 2016 the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) launched public consultations on the draft Horizontal Merger Guidelines. The AMC invites to submit comments to the draft by 7 December…

On 8 November 2016, the French Competition Authority (FCA) fined French-based Altice group and its telecommunications subsidiary SFR 80 million euros for the coordination of their commercial…

On 21 September 2016, the German Government has introduced a formal legislative proposal (Gesetzesvorschlag - "Government Proposal") for the reform of the Act against Restraint of Competition ("ARC";…

  Given the very low notification thresholds in Ukraine, which caught even foreign-to-foreign transactions that in the majority of cases raised no antitrust concerns and did not have local nexus, a…

The EU Commission recently launched a consultation on ‘procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU Merger Control’ (the Consultation), which most notably proposes the introduction of a deal-size…

"Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'..." Introduction This quote from Alfred, Lord Tennyson might - I sincerely hope after recent events - be…

Introduction The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (the JCRA) has published its recommendations for proposed changes to the island's merger control regime. Similar recommendations have also…

On August 19, 2016 the new Merger Regulation was adopted in Ukraine. This step is the next improvement after increasing notification thresholds aimed at improving merger control regime effectiveness…

Following the Commission decision in the GE/Alstom case, members of the Chief Economist Team have, on a number of occasions, publicly commented on the bidding analysis undertaken in this case. During…