The year 2020 will probably remain in everybody’s mind as a year of COVID, lock-downs, masks, and businesses trying to survive by adjusting their business models to the new reality. For the…
Canadian Threshold for Merger Review on the Decline
The Canadian Competition Bureau has announced that, effective immediately, the Competition Act’s pre-merger notification threshold relating to…
A February 4 conference on competition policy and the Green Deal sponsored by the European Commission’s (the Commission’s) Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) highlighted the divergences of…
With the adoption of the 10th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC, ‘Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen’) on 14.01.2021 by the German Parliament (’Bundestag’), the curtain…
The digitalisation of the modern economy poses new diverse tasks for the legislator and dispute resolution bodies. It is expected that said digitalisation will affect various industries and segments…
We are continuing with our competition law issues of the International Law Talk Podcast.
Two weeks ago, I talked to Oliver Bretz, founding partner at Euclid Law and a merger expert, about the…
In today's judgment in the case C‑595/18 P – Goldman Sachs v Commission, the European Court of Justice (ECJ or Court) expanded the rebuttable presumption of decisive influence relating to the…
What were competition law developments in Serbia during 2020 worth mentioning and what to keep an eye on 2021?
Merger control
Merger notification thresholds remain unchanged
A well-known trait…
This overview covers the main developments in competition law in Portugal in the course of 2020. This year is inevitably marked by the outburst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which seriously affected the…
5 Key Takeaways
More Deals Take Longer
More deals than ever before involved extended CCPC reviews. Of 42 deals notified, 10 involved merger review delays of at least 3 months. Two “Phase 2…
