Changes to the UK competition regime – how will they affect my deal? *

United Kingdom - May 14 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act), enacted on 25 April 2013, will make changes to the process of assessing mergers…

Co-authors: Nathalie Jalabert-Doury , Gillian Sproul, Robert Klotz, Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt .

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The French Competition Authority launches a wide-ranging sector inquiry in the pharmaceutical distribution sector *

European Union, France - February 27 2013
On 25 February 2013, the French Competition Authority announced the launch of a sector inquiry in the pharmaceutical sector. The Authority plans to…

Co-authors: Nathalie Jalabert-Doury , Gillian Sproul, Robert Klotz, Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt .

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Minority shareholdings might become subject to mandatory competition review *

European Union - February 4 2013
In a speech late last year the EU's Commissioner for Competition identified that the European Commission is considering a revision to the EU Merger…

Co-authors: Nathalie Jalabert-Doury , Gillian Sproul, Robert Klotz, Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt .

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ECN revises its Model Leniency Programme *

European Union - November 30 2012
The network of European antitrust and competition authorities (“ECN”) published its revised Model Leniency Programme (“Revised MLP”) recently .

Co-authors: Nathalie Jalabert-Doury , Gillian Sproul, Robert Klotz, Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt .

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Merger control in Germany – German court clarifies controversial jurisdictional issues *

Germany - August 16 2012
In a recently published decision1 the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf provided interesting guidance on how to deal with jurisdictional uncertainties of German merger control.

Co-authors: Nathalie Jalabert-Doury , Gillian Sproul, Isabel Simon, Robert Klotz, Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt .

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