Background
Another day, another ground-breaking change in Spain’s FDI rules. November 2021 has been an eventful month for FDI in Spain. The following two developments are likely to be consequential…
On 18 November 2021, the China competition authority State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) released the decision that the acquisition of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (”ITW“) over MTS…
On the 18th of November, the European Court of Justice delivered its Visma (case C-306/20) ruling, that regardless of some important observations, appears to have largely gone unnoticed by the anti-…
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions:
José Rivas, Interview with Ms Cani Fernández, Chairwoman of the Spanish…
After deliberating on the matter for a year, DG COMP on the 9th of December published its draft guidance on the application of Article 101 on collective bargaining of the self-employed. This is done…
In many jurisdictions, antitrust authorities enforce not only antitrust and competition laws, but also consumer protection rules, which may apply to similar conduct. Not so in the European Union (EU…
Interim measures are back on the Swiss Competition Commission's radar, especially in dominance cases. The background of this latest development is the authority's desire to accelerate its proceedings…
Background
Starting from 2009, the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition (“BCPC”) has conducted several sector inquiries and investigations on the oil market in Bulgaria - a sector…
Chinese antitrust is going through what are likely the most important changes since its inception: an amendment of the Anti-Monopoly Law and the establishment of a new enforcement body.
Anti-…
On the 20th of September of 2021, the Egyptian Competition Authority "ECA" and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority "NTRA" announced signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the…
