European Court of Justice with clarifications on the conditions under which conduct of distributors can be imputed to the producer and with helpful guidance as to the assessment of exclusivity clauses and the so-called as efficient competitor test
Supply Chain Act and Antitrust Law
The new Supply Chain Act requires companies to conduct appropriate human rights and environmental due diligence in their supply chains. Nonetheless, antitrust laws remain applicable
The European foreign subsidies regulation
Merger control, foreign investment control, and now foreign subsidies control – a new reality of control regimes in the transactional practice within the European Union
What you need to know: Foreign direct investment screening in Germany
Overview of the applicable German FDI rules in the context of multinational transactions with German target companies
The Annual Report of the German FCO for 2021/2022
An overview of the most recent “facts and figures” and activities of the German FCO
Gun Jumping and Warehousing Structures
A recent ruling at EU level sheds a new light on when interim transactions in multi-stage M&A deals may be considered an implementation of a concentration
Green Antitrust
How antitrust law is evolving in light of sustainability issues
New Guidance: Information Exchange in Dual Distribution
Revised Approach by the European Commission and COMMEO’s Expert Report
Compliance – worth it after all!
Consideration of pre-infringement compliance when calculating antitrust fines
Relative Market Power – What you need to know
The latest German competition law amendment reforms the prohibition rules for undertakings with relative or superior market power. While the changes aim to meet new challenges in the digital economy, they have significant consequences across industries