Antitrust & Merger Control

• Luxembourg did not provide state aid to McDonald's

  Article

  Submitted: 22 October 2018

  Pierre-Régis Dukmedjian and Alejandro Dominguez’s article for Tax Journal considers the European Commission’s announcement that, in its view, Luxembourg did not grant any unlawful state aid to McDonald’s.

• The Amazon case: towards transfer pricing harmonisation?

  Article

  Submitted: 16 April 2018

  Pierre-Regis Dukmedjian and Alejandro Dominguez’s article on the European Commission’s State Aid decision in the Amazon case published in the 06 April 2018 edition of Tax Journal.

• McDonald's state aid investigation in Luxembourg

  Article

  Submitted: 23 June 2016

  Pierre-Régis Dukmedjian & Alejandro Dominguez's article in the Tax Journal reports on the publication of the non-confidential version of the EU Commission’s decision concerning state aid and McDonald's Luxembourg tax rulings

• The EU Commission bites into McDonald’s franchise structure

  Article

  Submitted: 14 December 2015

  Nick Skerrett and Gary Barnett’s article for the Tax Journal on the EU Commission’s investigation into tax rulings provided to McDonald’s by the Luxembourg tax authorities.

• The Antitrust Damages Directive finally signed into law

  Article

  Submitted: 01 December 2014

  The signing into law of the Directive on antitrust damages on 26 November 2014 heralds changes to the litigation landscape across the EU.

• Enforcer turns plaintiff: Commission seeks follow on damages in lift and escalator cartel

  Article

  Submitted: 30 June 2008

  The European Commission has decided to lead by example in its quest to increase the numbers of damages actions lodged in competition cases.