The new German Whistleblower Protection Act obliges companies to set up reporting units to protect whistleblowers
Merger Control below merger control thresholds: not an issue … Now it could be!
M&A in the context of non-notifiable transactions (under national and EU merger control legislation) after the CJEU’s Towercast decision
EU Commission has adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Horizontal Guidelines
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
ECJ in Unilever: Exclusivity clauses in abuse of dominance cases and imputability of antitrust violations in distribution agreements
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