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UK Competition law—daily round-up (14/05/2021)

UK Competition law—daily round-up (14/05/2021)

The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (14/05/2021)

UK Competition law—daily round-up (13/05/2021)

UK Competition law—daily round-up (13/05/2021)

The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (13/05/2021)

EU Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

EU Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

UK Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

UK Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (12/05/2021)

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Tunisia merger control

Tunisia merger control

A conversation with Sami Kallel, at partner Tunisian law firm Kallel & Associates, on key issues on merger control in Tunisia.NOTE–to see whether...

Collective dominance and oligopolies

Collective dominance and oligopolies

Competition concerns relating to collective dominance and oligopolies may be dealt with in various ways under EU and UK competition laws:•Article 101...

Dominant position and competition law

Dominant position and competition law

Article 102 TFEU prohibits undertakings which hold a dominant position within the EU or a substantial part of it from abusing that dominant position,...

Competition law and exclusive distribution agreements

Competition law and exclusive distribution agreements

This Practice Note makes frequent references to two legal instruments issued by the European Commission that are designed to assist parties and their...

Practice notes

Vietnam merger control

A conversation with David Fruitman, regional competition counsel and senior consultant at regional law firm DFDL on key issues on merger control in...
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Produced in partnership with DFDL 12th Jan
Practice notes

State aid and the market economy operator principle

Economic transactions carried out by Member States do not confer an advantage in favour of an undertaking, and therefore do not constitute State aid...
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Produced in partnership with CMS 12th Jan
Practice notes

UK merger control

A conversation with Peter Harper, partner, Annabel Borg, principal associate PSL and Claire Morgan, principal associate, in the London office of...
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Produced in partnership with Eversheds Sutherland LLP 12th Jan
Practice notes

The evolving essential facilities doctrine

The 'essential facilities’ doctrine states that the refusal by a dominant company to grant assess to an essential facility that it controls...
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Produced in partnership with Suzanne Rab of Serle Court 12th Jan
Precedents

Clean team agreement

This AGREEMENT is made the [insert date] day of [insert month] [insert year]Parties1[Party 1] a company incorporated in [England and Wales]...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Concerted practices

The concept of concerted practice laid down in Article 101(1) TFEU enables the European Commission (Commission), national competition authorities and...
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Produced in partnership with Dentons 12th Jan
Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021

Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Albania; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil;...
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9th Nov

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Practice notes

The EU Courts and competition law—practice and procedure

The Court of Justice of the European Union has its seat in Luxembourg and consists of two courts: the Court of Justice and the General Court (the...
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26th Apr
Practice notes

Parallel civil and criminal investigations

The UK criminal cartel offence which applies to individuals has been in force since June 2003, with amendments that came into force on 1 April 2014...
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Produced in partnership with Winston & Strawn LLP 9th Apr
Practice notes

EU antitrust investigation process

The European Commission investigates evidences or allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by companies that has an impact in more than one EU...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Legal privilege in EU competition cases

Legal privilege is the main means by which a company can resist disclosure of a confidential communication or document to a third party such as a...
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31st Mar
Practice notes

Fines in EU competition cases

The power of the European Commission to impose fines for infringements of EU competition law is an important tool in its enforcement armoury. The 2006...
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Produced in partnership with Skadden 30th Mar
Practice notes

EU Sector inquiries

EU sector inquiries carried out under Article 17 of Regulation 1/2003 are industry wide probes where there are concerns that markets may not be...
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9th Mar
Practice notes

Rights of defence in European Commission competition proceedings

Undertakings involved in competition proceedings, including merger investigations, before the European Commission enjoy rights of defence which...
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Produced in partnership with Dentons 9th Mar
Practice notes

European Commission’s powers of inspection (dawn raids) and the rights of defence

The European Commission has been granted broad investigative powers to review suspected anti-competitive conduct (including conduct contrary to...
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Produced in partnership with Dentons 9th Mar
Practice notes

Leniency in EU cartel cases

The European Commission’s leniency program rewards undertakings involved in cartels (contrary to Article 101 TFEU) that come forward with evidence and...
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9th Mar
Practice notes

European Commission requests for information

The European Commission (Commission) has been granted broad investigative powers in order to enforce EU competition rules and prosecute antitrust...
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Produced in partnership with Dentons 9th Mar
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Practice notes

Making a complaint to the European Commission under EU competition law

Any party affected by an alleged infringement of EU competition law can bring a complaint before the European Commission in relation to agreements and...
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9th Mar

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The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime

The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime

What are OFTOs?Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs) are the owners of offshore transmission assets which connect offshore wind farms to the onshore electricity network. The transmission assets comprise everything between the offshore point of connection with the generating wind farm assets and the

Rescission of a contract

Rescission of a contract

What is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract, has been invalidated in some way:•the effect of rescinding a contract is to extinguish it and restore the parties to their pre-contractual positions•the main grounds of

Novation—why and how to novate a contract

Novation—why and how to novate a contract

There may be times when, rather than assigning the benefit of an agreement to a third party, the original parties wish instead to end their obligations to each other under that agreement and, in effect, recreate it, with the third party stepping into the shoes of one of the original parties. This is

Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract

Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract

This Practice Note discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract; the equitable and statutory exceptions to it; how the doctrine affects enforcing a contract against a third party and what happens when, notwithstanding the lack of privity, a contract has an indirect effect on a third