The recent ECJ ruling Altice and the record fines imposed by the EU Commission in the Illumina / Grail case in summer 2023 illustrate the relevance of antitrust compliance in the context of M&A transactions

The EU legislator has adopted new rules providing the European Commission with unprecedented powers to regulate the digital business activities of “gatekeepers”

The 11^th amendment came into force on 7 November 2023

The German Parliament approved the 11^th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition – granting far-reaching powers to the Federal Cartel Office

The new German Whistleblower Protection Act obliges companies to set up reporting units to protect whistleblowers

M&A in the context of non-notifiable transactions (under national and EU merger control legislation) after the CJEU’s Towercast decision

On 1 July 2023, the EU Commission’s revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations (HBERs) on Research and Development and Specialisation Agreements will enter into force, accompanied by revised Horizontal Guidelines

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

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

Merger control, foreign investment control, and now foreign subsidies control – a new reality of control regimes in the transactional practice within the European Union