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Chloe Birkett

Goodwin (London)

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Chloe Birkett is an associate in Goodwin’s Antitrust and Competition practice in London. She works on a range of competition law issues, including merger control, FDI and NSI filings and general competition compliance advice.

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Ana Manzaneque, José Rivas, Chloe Birkett The EU Court of Justice dismisses two actions brought by an airline company against the Commission’s approval of State aid schemes supporting airlines holding national licences during the COVID-19 pandemic (Ryanair)

17 February 2021 312

In May 2020, Ryanair brought two separate actions against the EC approval of a Swedish and a French State aid scheme supporting airlines holding national licences under Article 107(3)(b) TFEU and Article 107(2)(b) TFEU respectively. On 17 February 2021, the General Court dismissed Ryanair’s (...)

Peter Willis, Ariane Le Strat, Chloe Birkett The UK Government and the EU Commission publish a trade and cooperation act trying to control and provide a framework for regulatory divergence

31 December 2020 85

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement will govern the future relationship of the UK and the EU. This article will examine some key areas to note for Competition law, reviewing important changes to state aid regulation and the Competition and Market Authority’s ("CMA") function. Introduction (...)

Chloe Birkett, Peter Willis The UK Competition Authority gradually moves towards a mandatory notification regime

8 December 2020 142

In recent years, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has become noticeably more pro-active and interventionist in reviewing transactions. In 2019 more than 50% of mergers referred to Phase 2 were prohibited or abandoned. At Phase 2 in 2020, the CMA has already issued three prohibitions (...)

Peter Willis, Ariane Le Strat, Chloe Birkett, Saskia King The UK Competition Authority publishes a full infringement decision on the imposition of wide MFN clauses by a price comparison website (ComparetheMarket)

19 November 2020 178

Having fined Compare The Market (‘CTM’) £17.9 million for imposing wide ‘most favoured nation’ (‘MFN’) clauses in its agreements with home insurance companies, on 9 February 2021 the Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) released the non-confidential version of its infringement decision. (...)