Antitrust & Merger Control

• Investing in start-ups

  Seminar

  Submitted: 18 May 2017

  In this session we explore the issues that start-ups and investors encounter and some key challenges they need to overcome.

• Telecoms and technology mergers: M&A and competition perspectives

  Seminar

  Submitted: 26 May 2016

  This session provides an overview of the changes to European data protection requirements being introduced by the new EU General Data Protection Regulation. We also cover how we believe companies ought to approach creating a data protection compliant organisation and what needs to be in their compliance “toolkit”.

• Scale and Diversity: the ongoing consolidation of the European telecoms sector

  Seminar

  Submitted: 29 May 2015

  This session looked at the current state of play and the European Commission’s stance on in-market and cross-border consolidation across Europe.

• We don’t need to think about merger control … do we? How small does a minority stake need to be to avoid merger control?

  Seminar

  Submitted: 08 October 2014

  Video recording and slides available from a session held as part of our CPD Day on 8th/9th October 2014. As the European Commission seeks jurisdiction to review ever-smaller investment stakes, this talk explores the various levels at which merger control can bite in relation to minority shareholdings.

• M&A in emerging markets: doing deals in Africa: common issues and pitfalls

  Seminar

  Submitted: 29 April 2013

  Materials from the second seminar in our series which explores the major legal and practical risks involved in conducting M&A in emerging markets.