EU merger control – Our Curious Amalgam

Stuart Hudson, co-lead global regulatory practice, Brunswick Group

#381 A New Era for EU and UK Deals? The EC’s Draft Merger Guidelines and the CMA’s Growth Approach

Posted 4 months ago Tagged EU merger control EU merger guidelines UK merger control

The analysis of mergers in the EU and UK is adapting to take account of […]

Olivier Guersent, Director-General, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission and Matthew Hall

#323 What’s Happening in the EU? A Conversation With DG COMP Director-General Olivier Guersent at the 2025 Antitrust Spring Meeting

Posted 1 year ago Tagged AI Article 101 Article 102 Competitiveness Compass Digital Markets Act Draghi efficiencies EU merger control European Commission innovation resilience

The 2025 Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Law Section offered the Our Curious Amalgam […]

Philippe Chappatte, partner, Slaughter and May

#200 A Power Grab Too Far? (Part 2) The European Commission Investigation in Illumina/Grail

Posted 4 years ago Tagged Article 22 EU merger control General Court Grail Illumina vertical foreclosure

Merger control analysis and clearance worldwide is becoming ever more difficult, complex and uncertain, with […]

A Power Grab Too Far? The European Commission Extends Its Merger Control Reach.

#141 A Power Grab Too Far? The European Commission Extends Its Merger Control Reach.

Posted 5 years ago Tagged Article 22 EU merger control EU Merger Regulation European Commission Illumina/GRAIL merger control referral

Illumina’s acquisition of GRAIL is the first deal caught by the European Commission’s reinterpretation of […]

Courtney Dyer, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

#70 Would Anything Have Changed? The Use of the Failing Firm “Defense” in Merger Control.

Posted 6 years ago Tagged EU merger control failing firm failing firm defence merger control U.S. merger control UK merger control

The implications of a merger are measured against the situation without the transaction going ahead. […]