Calum Warren

Key takeaways On 27 January 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. v European Commission (GS judgment) which confirms that PE sponsors can be held financially liable for competition law infringements committed by indirectly (...)

On 11 November 2020, the UK Government introduced the National Security and Investment Bill (NSI Bill) to Parliament. Once enacted, the NSI Bill will introduce significant legislative reforms which will overhaul the review and regulation of M&A activity on national security grounds in the (...)

On 25 March 2020, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) published the Joint statement by the European Competition Network (“ECN”) on the application of competition law during the Corona crisis (ECN Joint Statement) on its (...)

This article has been nominated for the 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The expansion of the UK government’s foreign investment review powers will require additional scrutiny of potential deals for the early identification of (...)

This article has been nominated for the 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. CAT Rules on Disclosure in Peugeot S.A. and others v NSK Ltd and others* The CAT’s specific disclosure ruling addresses the use of licensing to support (...)

I. Introduction On 28 July 2011 the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) handed down a unanimous judgment, upholding the UK Office of Fair Trading’s (“OFT”) jurisdiction to review Ryanair‘s 29.8% minority shareholding in rival Irish airline Aer Lingus, which the former acquired almost five years ago. (...)