Kaarli Harry Eichhorn
Jones Day (Brussels)
Lawyer (Partner)
Kaarli Harry Eichhorn is a partner at Jones Day (Brussels). He has acted on a significant number of high-profile and politically sensitive merger matters globally for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2018, Kaarli was the global executive counsel of competition law & policy at General Electric Company (GE), based in Brussels. During his 10-year tenure at GE he led global teams within and outside the company and regularly negotiated with competition authorities and governments. He also handled a significant amount of GE’s counseling and compliance-related activities (training, guidance, internal investigations, and audits) within the company’s various business divisions and regularly handled matters related to cartel and abuse of dominance issues. Earlier in his career, Kaarli was a Swedish Advokat (a member of the Swedish Bar) and an attorney with Clifford Chance LLP, where he practiced European competition law and advised on EU law and regulatory matters. He also is a non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network, a former vice chair of the In-House Counsel Competition Counsel Association, and a member of the Competition Committee of BusinessEurope and the American Bar Association. He has held leadership roles at the AmCham EU (American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union) and was a member of the board of the European Justice Forum for several years. Kaarli has spoken often at international conferences on competition policy and has authored articles and a textbook on competition law. In 2012, Kaarli was awarded the European Counsel Award in the category “Competition – Individual of the Year” (Association of Corporate Counsel Europe and the International Law Office).
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Jones Day (Brussels)
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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 that (...)
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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 were (...)
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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). Remedy (...)
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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 a (...)
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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 the (...)
