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Competition & antitrust

August 2020  |  SPECIAL REPORT: COMPETITION & ANTITRUST

Financier Worldwide Magazine

August 2020 Issue


Competition & antitrust

Q&A: Managing antitrust risks amid COVID-19

FW discusses managing antitrust risks amid COVID-19 with Jorge Padilla, David Sevy, Lorenzo Coppi, Rameet Sangha and Urs Haegler at Compass Lexecon.

US merger review process unchanged despite pandemic and recession

Hughes Hubbard & Reed The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has left no sector of the economy untouched. As the economy begins to reopen and firms start picking up the pieces, there may be an increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)…

Canadian COVID-19 considerations – temporary competition law and foreign investment policies

McCarthy Tétrault LLP As the COVID-19 pandemic has brought global economic activity to a near standstill, regulators in many countries have been grappling with how best to mitigate the potential competition law and foreign investment risks. Canada has been no exception. On the competition law…

Competitor cooperation in the time of COVID-19: competition law suspended?

Arnold & Porter Competition law generally prevents cooperation between competitors. There are some limited exceptions but on the whole the purpose of competition law is that competitors compete in the market and that this drives efficiency and consumer welfare. Coronavirus…

A sustainable future for competition law

Slaughter and May There is widespread recognition of the need to address global sustainability challenges, such as greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. While competition law may not be an obvious response to these challenges, it does have an important role to play...

European Commission takes serious hit in court’s overruling of decision to prohibit Hutchison/O2 merger

Baker Botts LLP On 28 May, the EU’s General Court (GC) delivered one of the most significant knockbacks to the European Commission in respect of a merger decision for many years: its judgment in CK Telecoms UK Investment v Commission annulled the decision by the Commission…

UK merger control: increased intervention poses greater risks for international acquisitions

Gowling WLG (UK) LLP In March 2020, Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), confirmed that the CMA is using a “wider and more sophisticated range of evidence” in its merger control investigations, which is expected to “lead to more competition concerns…

Whistleblower programmes – making cartel detection more effective

Constantine Cannon LLP Competition law prohibits agreements and arrangements that inhibit competition between businesses, harm consumer welfare and stifle innovation. Cartels, such as bid-rigging, price fixing or market-sharing, are prime examples of the most severe infringements of competition…

The patent-antitrust interface: comparing US and European approaches

Ladas & Parry LLP In both jurisdictions there are legislative provisions relating to agreements in restraint of trade (in the US, Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 3 of the Clayton Act…

Q&A: Antitrust & competition challenges in the energy and utilities sector

FW discusses antitrust & competition challenges in the energy and utilities sector with Catriona Hatton at Baker Botts, Antón Garcia at Compass Lexecon and Joseph Krauss at Hogan Lovells US LLP.


CONTRIBUTORS

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts LLP

Compass Lexecon

Constantine Cannon LLP

Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Ladas & Parry LLP

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Slaughter and May


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