Competition & antitrust
August 2021 | SPECIAL REPORT: COMPETITION & ANTITRUST
Financier Worldwide Magazine
August 2021 Issue
Q&A: Competition and antitrust issues in digital markets
FW discusses competition and antitrust issues in digital markets with Salvatore Piccolo, Patricia Lorenzo, Guillaume Duquesne, Kadambari Prasad and Paul Reynolds at Compass Lexecon.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP US antitrust law prohibits contracts and conspiracies “in restraint of trade”. Although many violators of US antitrust laws face civil litigation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) can also bring criminal charges for antitrust violations, which can result in significant adverse consequences…
Recent developments on the patent/antitrust interface in the US
Ladas & Parry LLP In the US, the patent/antitrust interface comes into play in three main areas: the improper acquisition of patent rights to create a monopoly, attempted enforcement of patent rights that have been obtained by fraud on the Patent Office, and the use of patent rights to obtain…
Allocating competition law risk in merger agreements
McCarthy Tétrault Most countries around the world have competition law merger control regimes. This typically means that where a transaction meets the applicable thresholds and is, therefore, subject to mandatory pre-merger notification, the parties legally cannot close before the transaction…
Foreign subsidies: new rules to address competition distortions in the European single market
K&L Gates On 5 May 2021, the European Commission (EC) published a legislative proposal for a new regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market. The proposed regulation addresses potential distortive effects of foreign subsidies in the European Union (EU), introducing new…
Merger review process in Asia expected to become increasingly challenging
Norton Rose Fulbright Over the last decade, international trade and political tensions have regularly led to concerns that the antitrust merger control review process would be used as a tool to derail M&A transactions. There has been a particular concern with the Chinese merger review process…
Cartel leniency programmes in ASEAN: practical implications of seeking leniency
Drew & Napier LLC To facilitate cartel prosecution, enforcement agencies have implemented leniency programmes that offer immunity or reduced penalties to cartel members that voluntarily admit their involvement and sufficiently cooperate with investigations. This article provides an overview of the available…
Q&A: Vertical merger enforcement
FW discusses vertical merger enforcement with David Cardwell at Baker Botts, Andy Parkinson at Compass Lexecon, Logan M. Breed at Hogan Lovells, and Farrell J. Malone at Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Baker Botts
Compass Lexecon
Drew & Napier LLC
Hogan Lovells
K&L Gates
Ladas & Parry LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP