Get maintained, up-to-date information on key jurisdictional and procedural issues for all merger control regimes around the world. Plus, Where to Notify, our calculator that carries out MJ merger assessments for you.
Regularly updated information on key jurisdictional and procedural issues for worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) control regimes. Get summary grids, jurisdictional guides, and a news feed summarizing developments.
A database of published decisions. 30 filters like transaction type, industry and market definition, and substantive assessment. Plus decisions from key jurisdictions from 2007, and new jurisdictions constantly added.
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A round-up of EU competition law developments, including the latest State aid developments....
A round-up of EU competition law developments, including (amongst other things) the Commission’s decision to launch an investigation into whether KKR...
This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) a series of reforms to the NSI Act 2021, namely: (i) a...
A round-up of UK competition law developments, including (amongst other things) (1) the CAT judgment dismissing for the second time a subsidy control...
A round-up of UK competition law developments, including the CMA proposes to designate Apple and Google with SMS for mobile platforms under DMCCA...
Merger decisions—databaseThe merger decisions database spreadsheet below provides details on published merger decisions issued by the European...
UK competition horizon scanning (2017–2025) [Archived]This Practice Note is an archived summary of the key legal developments that have impacted UK...
UK phase 1 mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists completed all completed Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) phase 1 merger investigations...
Greece merger controlA conversation with Stamatis Drakakakis, partner and head of the Antitrust & Competition team, Violeta Panagiotopoulou, partner...
UK mergers—ongoing cases trackerThe below tracks live CMA merger investigations. For information on completed investigations, see UK phase 1...
Competition law compliance—meeting with competitors risk assessmentDate of risk assessment[Insert date]Person(s) conducting risk assessment[Insert...
Competition law compliance—trade associations—guide for staffIndustry associations can serve useful, pro-competitive purposes, but the risk of...
Competition law concern report form (for internal use only)This form is for use if you have any concerns relating to competition law compliance. These...
Competition law compliance—meeting with competitors—checklist for staffMeetings with competitors carry a high competition law risk.Please complete...
Competition compliance—gathering competitive intelligence FAQsKnowing our industry and competitors is beneficial to business success. However, we must...
Multi-jurisdictional foreign direct investment (FDI) control gridThis grid summarises when foreign direct investment (FDI) filings may be required in...
Market definition and analysis in competition lawMarket definition is the starting point for most competition law assessments and plays a central and...
Laos merger controlA conversation with David Fruitman, Regional Competition Counsel, and Kristy Newby, Country Managing Director, Lao PDR, at regional...
MJ merger grid—jurisdictionThe grid below sets out the notification thresholds as according to local legislation for all merger control regimes in the...
Market sharingWhere competitors 'carve up' markets or customers, or limit access into a market they are in effect isolating their business from...
Penalties in UK competition casesThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and sectoral regulators with concurrent competition powers may impose...
Court of Justice appeals—ongoing cases trackerThe tables below lists competition appeal cases currently live (lodged or heard post 01/01/2012) before...
Article 102 TFEU—the prohibition on abuse of dominanceIn the EU, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by Article 102 TFEU. In particular,...
Clean team agreementThis AGREEMENT is made the [insert date] day of [insert month] [insert year]Parties1[Party 1] a company incorporated in [England...
EU phase II mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists all completed European Commission phase II merger investigations since 2000 as well as other...
Cases C- 48/22 P Google and Alphabet v Commission (Google Shopping)CASE HUBSee further, timeline.Case factsOutlineAppeal against the General Court's...
Chapter II prohibitionIn the UK, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 (the Competition Act)....
Collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal TribunalSTOP PRESS: This PN has been affected by the CAT’s recent judgments in Justin Le Patourel v...
UK merger remedies—practice and policyUnder the Enterprise Act 2002, when investigating mergers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has the...
Pre-merger information exchange and integration planningThe due diligence and negotiation of a merger will inevitably involve exchanges of information...
Hong Kong FDI controlA conversation with Chin Yeoh, partner, at multinational law firm Ashurst, on key issues on foreign direct investment (FDI)...
Brazil merger controlA conversation with José Inacio F. de Almeida Prado Filho, partner, Luiz Galvão, senior associate, and Brenda Corrêa, associate,...
Agreement is broadly defined under EU and UK competition law so as to include activities ranging from a legally enforceable contract between two or more parties to an informal albeit clear understanding, whether entered into in writing or verbally.
The activities, or part of the activities, of a business.
An economic measure of market concentration, used as an indicator of competitive pressure by competition law authorities when assessing whether proposed mergers could be expected to produce anti-competitive effects.