Antoine Espinasse joined Covington & Burling in April 2022. He is an associate, based in the firm’s Brussels office. His work includes drafting legal opinions for companies and public administrations regarding state aid law (including the foreign subsidies regulation), notifying concentrations, notifying foreign investments for screening by member states, and drafting blog posts related to competition law and state aid.
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On 28 October 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted the second amendment to its Temporary Crisis Framework for State Aid measures to support the economy following the aggression against Ukraine by Russia (the “Framework”). The second amendment to the Framework extends its (...)
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On 19 October 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted its new State aid Framework for research, development and innovation (the “2022 RDI aid Framework”). This instrument governs Member States’ investment in RDI activities. It is an important response to the 2020 Commission (...)
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On 28 April 2022, the Subsidy Control Bill (the “Bill”) received Royal Assent, becoming the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the “Act”). The Act lays the basic framework for the new UK-wide subsidy control regime, which is now expected to come into force in Autumn 2022. Although the Act primarily (...)
