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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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Articles

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Charlotte Breuvart, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Philipp Werner, Johannes Zöttl, Craig A. Waldman, Dr. Qiang Xue The EU Commission adopts the Implementation Regulation for reporting transactions and public bids under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

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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 (...)

Bernard Amory, Charlotte Breuvart, Serge Clerckx, Charles de Navacelle, Laurent De Muyter, Yvan N. Desmedt, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Mario Todino, Alexandre G. Verheyden, Philipp Werner The EU Commission takes action to amend the Framework on exclusionary abuses of dominance

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Philipp Werner, Johannes Zöttl, Kristina Music The EU Commission publishes the Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the official journal, requiring pre-notification of large M&A transactions and public bids involving companies that receive subsidies from governments outside the European Union from October 2023

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni, Rick van ’t Hullenaar The EU Commission announces the withdrawal of several airline companies from their proposed merger (IAG / Globalia / Air Europa)

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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. (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni, Rick van ’t Hullenaar The EU Commissioner for Competition Vestager highlights the Commission’s fight against cartels during and after COVID-19, including reigniting dawn raids

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Cristiana Spontoni, Jörg Hladjk, Rick van ’t Hullenaar The EU Commission consults Member States on a draft proposal to prolong the State aid Temporary Framework and to extend its scope with the intended aim of further accelerating economic recovery for businesses still impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic

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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, (...)

Renato Antonini, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni The EU General Court annuls for inadequate reasoning two COVID-19 related State aid decisions granted by the Netherlands and Portugal while also confirming in a third decision the legality of a Spanish State aid scheme in the air transport sector (Ryanair)

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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 (...)

Francoise Labrousse, Bernard Amory, Renato Antonini, Charles de Navacelle, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Eva Monard The EU Commission adopts a proposal for a regulation on foreign subsidies that might be distorting the internal market

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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 (...)

Renato Antonini, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni The EU Commission approves amended Member State measures under the Temporary Framework to support the economy after the COVID-19 outbreak

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn The Estonian Competition Authority clears a merger in phase II in the markets of wholesale broadband access and retail broadband access with divestiture remedies (Elion/MicroLink)

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn The Estonian Competition Authority clears a merger in phase II in the market of manufactured cigarettes subject to divesture of target’s local brands (Philip Morris Products/Amer-Tupakka, Amer-Yhtymä and Amernet)

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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). (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn The Estonian Competition Authority cleared a merger in the cider market with a commitment not to increase production above specified levels (A. Le Coq / Finelin)

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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 (...)

Kaarli Harry Eichhorn The Estonian Competition Authority clears a merger in the markets of sod and milled fuel peat for peat briquettes subject to an obligation to enter into a long-term supply agreement with the target’s customer (Tootsi Turvas / Puhatu Turvas)

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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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