Kaarli Harry Eichhorn
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, Jones Day (Brussels)
Partner and Vice-Chair
Kaarli Harry Eichhorn is an Antitrust Partner at Jones Day based in Brussels. He has substantial experience in competition law, international regulation, and government affairs, including legislative advocacy, foreign investment screening, and sanctions. His experience includes energy, oil & gas, transportation, telecommunications, digital, consumer products, aerospace, life sciences, financial services, and media. Prior to joining Jones Day, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn was global executive counsel of competition law & policy at General Electric (GE). During his 10-year tenure at GE he advised on hundreds of international transactions and led the merger review clearance processes with government agencies globally. Kaarli Harry Eichhorn was named vice-chair and member of the board of AmCham EU in July 2020, after having held prior leadership roles for many years, including as legal affairs chair and vice-chair of the Competition Committee. He is a prior member of the board of European Justice Forum, a former vice-chair of the In-House Competition Counsel Association, and member of the BusinessEurope Competition Committee. He is a non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network.
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In Short The Situation: On July 10, 2023, the European Commission ("EC") adopted the Implementing Regulation ("IR") and the corresponding notification forms (Form FS-CO and Form FS-PP), which specify the information and documents companies will need to disclose as part of notifications under (...)
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In Short The Situation: On 27 March 2023, the European Commission ("Commission") published a Communication amending its 2008 Guidance on enforcement priorities concerning exclusionary abuses ("amended 2008 Guidance Paper"), and launched a consultation process for the adoption of Guidelines (...)
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The foreign subsidies regulation ("FSR") requires prenotification of certain large M&A transactions and public bids involving companies that receive subsidies from governments outside the European Union ("EU"). The European Commission ("EC") has published the FSR in the Official Journal (...)
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On 16 December 2021, the European Commission commented on IAG and Globalia’s decision to abandon their proposed agreement for IAG to acquire Air Europa (see here). In Spain, IAG is the largest airline (including ownership of Iberia and Vueling), and Air Europa is the third largest airline. (...)
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On 22 October 2021, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager highlighted the Commission’s commitment to combating cartels during the COVID crisis and in its aftermath. During the pandemic, the Commission’s activity against cartels included decisions issued (...)
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On 19 October 2021, the Commission adopted its Work Programme for 2022 of key initiatives for the coming year and how these will be concretely pursued, particularly towards promoting a greener, more resilient, and digital post-COVID-19 Europe. The Work Programme contains 42 new initiatives (...)
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On 30 September 2021, the Commission launched its consultation with Member States on a draft proposal to prolong the State aid Temporary Framework until 30 June 2022 and to extend its scope with the intended aim of further accelerating economic recovery. The Temporary Framework, to recall, (...)
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On 19 May 2021, the General Court (“GC”) annulled two decisions of the European Commission, following Ryanair’s challenges of State aid granted to respectively TAP (Portugal’s national airline) and KLM (subsidiary of the Air France-KLM holding company). In June and July 2020, TAP and KLM (...)
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In Short The Situation: The European Commission ("Commission") has faced significant pressure from stakeholders to quickly address growing concerns over the distortive effects of foreign subsidies and to ensure a level playing field in the EU. The Result: As anticipated in our recent (...)
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On 5 May 2021, the Commission published a proposed Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market. This novel instrument would afford the Commission with extensive new powers to counteract alleged distortive effects of foreign subsidies in the EU Single Market. The (...)
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Since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission has adopted a significant number of State aid measures under Article 107(2)b, Article 107(3)b and under the Temporary Framework. The most recent measures adopted to support the economy and companies affected by coronavirus (...)
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On 5 March 2021, the Commission announced the Fit for Future Platform’s selection of 15 initiatives aimed at simplifying EU law. Launched in May 2020, the Platform gathers a high-level expert group to assist the Commission with simplifying existing EU laws and reducing administrative burdens (...)
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On 13 October 2020, the European Commission decided to prolong and extend the scope of the State Aid Temporary Framework as follows: Extension of Temporary Framework: All sections of the Temporary Framework are prolonged for six months until 30 June 2021, except the section that enables (...)
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The operation By a decision dated 27 November 2006, the ECA authorised in phase I the acquisition by Wõro Kommerts of Oskar LT (para. 1). Comments The transaction did not raise any competition concerns. However, a shareholder of the target submitted a complaint to the ECA and claimed (...)
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The operation By a decision dated 21 October 2005, the ECA authorised in phase II the acquisition by Estonian company Elion (an indirect subsidiary of Swedish-Finnish telecommunications company TeliaSonera) of Estonian ICT company MicroLink (para. 1). The market(s) The relevant markets (...)
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The operation By a decision dated 25 August 2003, the ECA authorised in phase II the acquisition by Philip Morris of parts of Amer-Tupakka, Amer-Yhtymä and Amernet (para. 1). The market(s) The relevant market was defined by the ECA as the market for manufactured cigarettes (para. 2). (...)
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The operation By a decision dated 11 November 2003, the ECA authorised in phase I the acquisition by A. Le Coq (a subsidiary of Finnish Olvi Oy) of Finelin (para. 1). The market(s) The relevant market was defined by the ECA as the market for cider. The parties’ activities overlapped in (...)
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The operation By a decision dated 12 June 2003, the ECA authorised in phase I the acquisition by the Estonian company Tootsi Turvas (an indirect subsidiary of Finnish State - owned Vapo Group) of Estonian company Puhatu Turvas (para. 1). The market(s) The relevant markets were defined by (...)
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