Antitrust & Merger Control

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  • 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.

  • Update on competition damages claims

    Conference Call

    Submitted: 10 May 2017

    Experts from the Simmons & Simmons Antitrust Litigation Group across Europe provide an update on this fast moving area, with particular reference to implementation of the EU Damages Directive in the main jurisdictions and the status of “opt-out” class action claims and legislative proposals.

  • Proposals to change the EU Merger Regulation conference call

    Conference Call

    Submitted: 09 December 2016

    Experts from our network unpack and discuss the key implications of the current consultation ending in January 2017, including the proposals designed to catch more digital services and “pharma gap” transactions, to reduce red tape for non-problematic transactions and to make the referral mechanisms work better.

  • EU Commission’s e-commerce sector inquiry - interim report

    Conference Call

    Submitted: 12 October 2016

    Members of our EU, Competition & Regulatory network hosted a call to analyse and discuss the European Commission’s interim report published on 15 September 2016 and now open for consultation.

  • Competition and big data Restricted access

    Webinar

    Submitted: 01 July 2016

    In the context of investigations and reports by the European Commission and National Competition Authorities concerning Google, Facebook and other operators of online platforms and social media networks, experts from our European competition network analyse the issues and the approaches competition authorities are taking.

  • 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.

  • Distribution update - the competition law perspective

    Conference Call

    Submitted: 11 June 2015

    Speakers across our network discussed the latest case law relating to online distribution, pricing practices in general, and the risk of indirect information exchange in the context of distribution. ​

  • Standing in the eye of the tax storm: seminar recording

    Seminar

    Submitted: 27 January 2015

    The recent tax storm whipped up by the leaked publication of hundreds of private tax rulings given by the Luxembourg tax authorities has been unprecedented. A panel of our leading competition and tax law experts from Belgium, the UK, Luxembourg and the Netherlands talk through the EU state aid and tax issues.

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