Diljá Helgadottir works as the head of group policy and senior associate attorney at Aquis Exchange, London. Before now, she worked as an associate at the London office of Milbank. She has received numerous awards for academic excellence and published seven peer-reviewed articles (including in Oxford Business Law and Trinity College Law Reviews) ; as well as being awarded the highest GPA in the history of her master’s programme ; represented Iceland in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition international rounds in Washington D.C. ; youngest Assistant Professor in the history of an Icelandic university ; won the Matheson Commercial Law Prize 2020 and named in the Icelandic “40 under 40” list of young leaders. Diljá is also a member of the British-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce and Iceland’s contributor to the World Bank’s “Women, Business and the Law” reports.
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Foreign Direct Investment : Recent Developments at European Union, United Kingdom and EU Member State Level EUROPEAN UNION LEVEL European Commission proposes updated list of projects and programmes of EU interest annexed to FDI Screening Regulation On 29 September 2021, the European (...)
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On 26 February 2021, the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) published its report ‘Competition on Digital Platform Markets in Sweden.’ The report is based on a sector inquiry during which the SCA analysed sixteen Swedish and international platforms operating on five different markets in (...)
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On 9 February 2021, as a part of the implementation of the ECN+ Directive, the Danish Parliament approved extensive amendments to the Danish Competition Act. Most importantly, the amendments allow the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority’s (“DCCA”) to request courts to impose civil fines (...)
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On 11 January 2021, the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court (“MCC”) confirmed a decision of the Danish Competition Council (“DCC”) finding that the German internal combustion engine manufacturer Deutz had both abused its dominant position and entered into an anti-competitive agreement (...)
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On 14 January 2021, the Danish Competition Council (“DCC”) presented its analysis of competition in the legal profession (“Analysis”), which is based on a thorough study of the market for legal services in Denmark. The Analysis contains a wide range of proposals that have the potential to (...)
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On 16 December 2020, Markslöjd AB, a supplier of lighting products, accepted to pay a fine of SEK 1,780,000 for resale price maintenance. The Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) found that Markslöjd AB had violated competition law by entering into agreements with one of its resellers to fix (...)
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On 11 December 2020, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (“DCA”) published new guidelines on joint bidding consortia under the title “When companies bid jointly – guidelines for joint bidding under competition law” (the “New Guidelines”). The New Guidelines replace the Guidelines (...)
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On 25 November 2020, the Court of Justice ((“ECJ”) delivered a judgment in Case C-327/19, ruling that the fee structure for music played at festivals adopted by the Belgian collecting society SABAM is not necessarily abusive under Article 102 TFEU. The case came before the ECJ by way of a (...)
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On 17 November 2020, the EFTA Court dismissed an application for annulment against the EFTA Surveillance Authority (“ESA”) Decision No 57/19/COL of 10 July 2019 (the “Contested decision”). The Contested decision found that the public financing of eHealth and digital health infrastructure in (...)
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On 8 October 2020, Advocate General (“AG”) Hogan issued his opinion in Pometon SpA v European Commission (Case C-440/19) in connection with the Steel Abrasives cartel case. In his opinion, the AG advises the Court of Justice (“ECJ”) to partially uphold the appeal in so far as the General Court (...)
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On 1 October 2020, the Swedish government submitted a draft bill (the “Bill”) to the Council on Legislation which would grant the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) enhanced enforcement powers. Most importantly, the government proposes that the SCA be empowered to adopt infringement (...)
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On 30 June 2020, the Icelandic parliament approved a bill (the “Bill”) to amend the Competition Act No. 44/2005 (the “Act”). The amendments are intended to simplify the implementation of the Act. They also modify notification thresholds as well as conditions for merger clearance, and (...)
