Antitrust & Merger Control

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  • 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.

  • Can you trust a machine? The evolution of smart contracts and Blockchain technology.

    Seminar

    Submitted: 24 October 2016

    Partners Ian Wood and Jolyon Ellwood-Russell discuss what smart contracts are, what the current realistic applications are for smart contracts and how far could smart contracting go in replacing human decision making.

  • 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.

  • Anti-trust Law with an Intellectual Property Protection Interface in China Restricted access

    Webinar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    This webinar covers how the antitrust laws restrict the exercise of IP rights, what the recent cases involving antitrust/IP protection interface mean to businesses and how commercial arrangements should reflect antitrust law requirements.

  • Competition: What’s next for financial services? Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    This session covers recent developments in the EU and UK competition law space for financial institutions. We cover EU and UK enforcement, including FCA competition trends and recent wholesale market studies, the FCA’s developing approach to contentious competition issues, practical guidance on how to identify and mitigate competition law risks in your business and how to keep your business competitive whilst still complying with competition law.

  • Developments in financial crime Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    Considering the increase in financial crime risk, in the context of more robust enforcement, prospective legislative changes such as criminalising the failure to prevent economic crime and significant changes to the money laundering and financial sanctions regimes.

  • Global tax enforcement and corruption Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    We look at multi-regulator global enforcement initiatives in the wake of the Panama and LuxLeaks scandals. We also discuss the proposed corporate tax evasion facilitation offence, which we expect to become law early 2017 (possibly sooner).

  • An overview of recent developments in the European loan markets Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 05 October 2016

    In this session we look at a number of recent issues affecting deal structures and terms for European leveraged and cross-over credits and other event driven financings. Topics include the evolution of the European loan covenant package, competition law issues affecting the syndicated loan market and some thoughts on the impact of Brexit on the loan markets.

  • Webinar: Anti-trust Law with an Intellectual Property Protection Interface in China

    Webinar

    Submitted: 20 September 2016

    Antitrust with an intellectual property (IP) protection interface has been an emerging legal issue in China with the Chinese government strengthening the enforcement of its antitrust laws in a number of business sectors including life sciences, TMT and automobile.

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