As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
A Fresh Take
Insights on M&A, litigation, and corporate governance in the US.
Thomas Lübbig
Of Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
On 24 January 2024, the European Commission (Commission) presented five new initiatives to advance “European economic security”. One of...
The 11th Amendment to the German Act of Restraints of Competition (ARC) entered into force on 7 November 2023, bringing far-reaching...
Weak cases sometimes make good law. On 13 July, the ECJ in Case C-106/22 held that: Except in specific circumstances, the EU FDI...
Lawmaking in Germany can be turbulent at times but the German Bundestag – i.e., the parliamentary groups of the ‘traffic light coalition’...
5 key takeaways On 1 June 2023, the European Commission published its final guidelines on how companies should self-assess agreements...
In a surprise move, the European Commission has published a revised version of its 2008 guidance on enforcement priorities for abusive...
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Towercast on 16 March 2023, confirming Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...