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Covid-19 and FDI regulation – Drawbridges rise amid the pandemic
We assess the increasingly protectionist slant to FDI regimes as the pandemic grips the global economy.Foreign direct investment (“FDI”) regulation has …
COVID-19: Governance: European Commission extends the Temporary Framework for COVID-19 State aid to cover additional measures (Europe)
On 3 April 2020, the European Commission adopted the first amendment to its Temporary Framework on the application of EU State aid rules in the context …
COVID-19: Governance: European Commission issues temporary State aid framework for COVID-19 (Europe)
On 19 March 2020, the Commission issued a Temporary Framework setting out how it will apply the EU State aid rules with respect to certain types of …
European Commission presents new industrial policy package
The package of policies, announced on 10 March, aims to be “Making Europe’s businesses future-ready” and to be “A new Industrial Strategy for a globally …
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS ADVISES LUFTHANSA GROUP ON THE SALE OF THE EUROPEAN BUSINESS OF LSG
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Lufthansa Group on the sale of the European Business of LSG Group to airline caterer gategroup. The companies also …
2019 Global Bank Review
The 2019 edition of our Global Bank Review: The Data Game, explores the rapid growth of data as one of the most significant developments in the banking …
EU Commission imposes more fines for cross-border sales restrictions - the Hello Kitty case is the latest in a series of cases
On 9 July 2019 the EU Commission imposed a fine of €6.2 million on Japanese company Sanrio for restricting cross-border sales in the EU of its Hello …
The view from Brussels - Can the Backstop be Renegotiated?
Both candidates to be leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore to be UK Prime Minister, have vowed to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement and in …
EU Commission publishes EURIBOR decision fining three banks €485 million
On 9 April 2019, the European Commission published the full text of its decision to fine Crédit Agricole, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase for participating in a …
EU Commission Publishes Long-Awaited Report on Competition in Syndicated Lending
On 5 April 2019, the European Commission published a long-awaited report on loan syndication and its impact on competition in credit markets in the EU …
Anti-trust regulators — armed and ready to intervene
The number of merger control regimes worldwide is on the rise: there are already over 120 and the list is growingIn 2018, we saw far more active …
European Union: Merger Control
The number of cross-border deals in the European Union increased in 2017, and deal value has more than doubled since 2016.2 Correspondingly, and as …
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