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Grant McKelvey

Nasdaq (Stockholm)

Head of Listing Qualification

Grant McKelvey work at Nasdaq. He was previously a Senior Associate in Vinge’s Stockholm office specialising in competition law. Grant is a UK-qualified lawyer who holds a post graduate diploma in EC Competition Law (King’s College, London) and has worked in the field of competition law for several years in the UK, Brussels and Sweden.

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Grant McKelvey The Swedish District Court finds that abuse of dominance by an airport in the imposition of a special charge over taxi companies was objectively justified (Swedavia)

9 June 2016 229

Taxi case reaches final destination*The Swedish Competition Authority has lost its court case against Swedavia, the owner of Stockholm Arlanda Airport, for alleged abuse of dominance. The District Court has found that while there was an abuse of dominance, it was objectively justified and (...)

Grant McKelvey The Stockholm District Court rules that non-compete clauses exceeding 2 years are not necessarily anti-competitive by object (Alfa Quality Moving / NFB Transport Systems / ICM Kungsholms)

16 May 2016 373

Missing a moving target: Stockholm District Court rules on non-compete clauses*The Stockholm District Court has found against the Swedish Competition Authority (SCA) that a non-compete clause lasting five years did not constitute an infringement of competition rules by object, and has further (...)

Grant McKelvey The Swedish Competition Authority publishes a working paper on upward pricing pressure in merger analysis

1 September 2015 142

THE ONLY WAY IS UPP* Swedish Competition Authority publishes working paper on Upward Pricing Pressure in merger analysis The Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) has recently published a “Working Paper in Law and Economics” on Upward Pricing Pressure (“UPP”) analysis written by three (...)

Grant McKelvey The Swedish Competition Authority updates its merger control guidelines, providing practitioners with practical guidance on some of the particularities of its filing system

15 April 2015 89

Swedish Competition Authority updates merger control guidelines* In April 2015 the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) published its updated merger control guidelines (“Guidelines”), providing practitioners with practical guidance on some of the particularities of the Swedish filing (...)

Grant McKelvey The Swedish Market Court dismisses abuse of dominance action because the relatively scarce market data presented was not sufficient to define the relevant market and establish dominance (Pizza24 Nordic / OnlinePizza Norden)

10 February 2015 290

Online Food For Thought* The Swedish Market Court’s judgment in Pizza24 / OnlinePizza A judgment of the Swedish Market Court from February 2015 is an unfortunate missed opportunity to grapple with interesting issues around online intermediary services. The case concerned online services (...)

Grant McKelvey The Stockholm District Court blocks an already completed merger for the first time (Swedbank Franchise / Svensk Fastighetsförmedling)

16 December 2014 236

Historic court victory for Swedish Competition Authority* Stockholm District Court blocks the already completed takeover by Swedbank Franchise of Svensk Fastighetsförmedling Sweden’s first court judgment blocking a merger is a major victory for the Swedish Competition Authority. The (...)

Grant McKelvey The Stockholm District Court rules on searching seized documents in a merger proceeding (Assa)

17 March 2014 130

The scope of competition authorities to search seized documents has been a hot topic in several recent European cases – notably as concerns the European Commission in the Nexans and Prysmian cases. The Stockholm District Court also ruled earlier this year on this issue in the case of (...)

Grant McKelvey The Swedish Competition Authority seeks to fine an undertaking after it was found to abuse its dominant position in a successful private antitrust action (Swedavia)

20 January 2014 114

Follow-on damages inverted* Swedavia and the Swedish Competition Authority Competition lawyers in Europe are well acquainted with the steady rise of follow-on damages actions, whereby consumers harmed by a competition infringement can “piggyback” on an authority infringement decision and (...)

Calum Warren, Grant McKelvey The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds the Competition Authority’s jurisdiction to review the acquisition of a minority shareholding in a merger in the airline sector (Ryanair / Aer Lingus)

28 July 2011 849

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 (...)

Grant McKelvey The UK Competition Authority launches a consultation on its intention to accept binding commitments to modify a data exchange tool used by motor insurers (Motor Insurers)

13 January 2011 682

The European Commission’s revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation have met with mixed reactions from practitioners and businesses, especially insofar as information exchange is concerned. However, a decision of the UK Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) applying the new Guidelines gives a (...)