Ms. Riedel is a partner in Kirkland Ellis’ antitrust/competition practice (London office). She is a specialist in UK, EC and multi-national merger control ; general UK and EC antitrust advice on matters including exclusivity arrangements, parallel imports, trading restrictions, conduct by dominant firms ; and advice on regulatory issues.
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The Commission’s White Paper on Foreign Subsidies* 1. Overview On 17 June 2020, the European Commission (“EC”) issued a White Paper consulting on “Levelling the Playing Field as regards Foreign Subsidies”. These are major new proposals to protect EU companies against perceived unfair (...)
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Update on the EU’s State aid response to COVID-19* Our previous blog post covered the EU Commission’s (“EC”) Temporary Framework of 19 March 2020 (“Temporary Framework”), which aims at enabling national governments to use the full flexibility of State aid rules to support the economy in the (...)
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EU State Aid and COVID-19* Overview Given the unprecedented challenge faced by European businesses in the wake of the public health measures being adopted, the EU and its Member States are taking extraordinary measures to minimise the economic fallout from COVID-19. Over the coming weeks, (...)
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On 22 April the Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (Defra) published the final report of the Cave review of competition and innovation in water markets (the Report). The Report was published on the same date as the 2009 Budget Report in which the Government announced that it (...)
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In a judgment handed down on 29 September, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), dismissed an appeal brought by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Sky) against a decision of the Competition Commission (CC). The CAT upheld part of an appeal against the same decision brought by Virgin Media (...)
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On 31 December 2007, Home Retail Group (HRG) acquired 27 leasehold properties from Focus DIY. On 12 May 2008 the OFT released its full decision on the acquisition, requiring a single store (in Woking) to be divested.* In its press release the OFT said : "This case raises important wider (...)
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On 11 December 2007, the OFT issued the results of its market study into the distribution of medicines in the UK. The review was initiated after Pfizer announced it would be introducing a Direct to Pharmacy (DTP) distribution model, appointing Unichem as its exclusive Logistics Service (...)
