Remedies under the UK foreign investment regime are tailored to the transaction and will not involve a “cut and paste” from other decisions, the head of the country’s Investment Screening Unit has said.
07 December 2023
A waste collection company has filed the first challenge under the UK’s new subsidies regime before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, accusing Durham County Council of unlawfully funding its commercial waste collection business.
13 February 2023
The head of the European Commission’s taskforce on foreign subsidies has pushed back against criticisms from practitioners that the incoming regulation creates uncertainty, arguing the bloc would have created a “legislative monster” if the new rules were too prescriptive.
12 July 2022
The president of Spain’s antitrust watchdog and several European Commission officials are set to speak at GCR Live: Law Leaders Europe next month.
23 June 2022
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has failed to convince the country’s top court that its enforcement will suffer if it is required to pay companies’ costs when they successfully appeal against its decisions.
25 May 2022
The president of Spain’s antitrust watchdog and several European Commission officials are set to speak at GCR Live: Law Leaders Europe in July.
23 May 2022
An EU parliamentary committee has backed the European Commission’s legislative proposal to tackle anticompetitive foreign subsidies within the bloc, although lawyers are concerned about the wider effects the new legislation could have on international trading partners.
26 April 2022
Antitrust agencies in the UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have signed a competition framework agreement that aims to increase cooperation in cross-border investigations.
03 September 2020
A pair of GCR/Lexology webinars examining the effect of coronavirus on sustainability policy and state aid will feature two high-ranking European Commission officials.
05 June 2020
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14 February 2020
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