2025 saw seismic developments in competition law in the UK, both in terms of regulation and litigation. This blog provides a high-level overview of those developments.The UK competition law landscape…
Year at a GlanceThe Slovenian Competition Protection Agency (“CPA”) remains one of the more active enforcers in Central and Eastern Europe. Between late 2024 and early 2026:the CPA applied the…
In this post, I make a high-level review of the main competition law developments in 2025 in five Western Balkan jurisdictions: Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and…
Under the European Union’s (EU’s) Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), the European Commission (the Commission) can block a merger if it finds that foreign (meaning non-EU) subsidies “distort the [EU…
In 2025, the Tribunal of the CADE had a busy year. According to official data from the authority’s public statistics platform (Cade em Números), the Tribunal reviewed 843 merger filings, decided 29…
In Denmark, the (Danish) Competition Council is the principal authority responsible for enforcing the Danish Competition Act, whereas the (Danish) Competition and Consumer Authority handles day-to-…
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…
Introduction2025 was a year in which the enforcement activity of the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) was marked more by continuity than by rupture.Attention to “classic” infringements remained…
Courts throughout Europe increasingly adopt a minimum damages approach in antitrust cases, unanimously presuming at least a 5% overcharge, driven by grounds of compensation, effectiveness and…
The Supreme Court Judgment STS 5861/2025 of 18 December 2025 represents a significant exception from the general approach of the Supreme Court to award a 5% overcharge in cases relating to the trucks…
