Mr. Scott McInnes is a Partner in the Bird & Bird Brussels office. Before, he was senior regulatory counsel within MasterCard’s legal department, and covers a variety of regulatory matters. His main areas of focus are EU and national competition law, payment systems, Interchange Fee Regulation, Payment Services Directive (PSD), E-money Directive (EMD), litigation, Oversight, etc. Before joining MasterCard, he was an associate at Jones Day for more than seven years, dealing with a wide variety of competition law / EU law matters. He is a member of the Belgian Company Lawyers Institute (Institut des Juristes d’Entreprises).
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The Dutch competition authority (ACM) has decided to close its investigation into payment apps’ access to Apple’s Near-Field Communication (NFC) antenna. The ACM concludes that the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) does not provide a legal basis for its investigation. As Bird & Bird (...)
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Dutch regulator calls for tighter regulation of Big Techs in payment market study On 1 December 2020, the Dutch competition authority (ACM) published its long-awaited report on the role of major technology firms (Big Techs) in the payment market. The publication of the report was expected in (...)
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On 10 June 2009, the European Commission (EC) imposed a fine of € 20 M on Belgian electricity supplier Electrabel for implementing a merger without seeking its prior approval, in breach of the EC Merger Regulation (ECMR). This decision merits attention not only because it is one of only a (...)
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